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Military Leaders of World War I: Official and Private Papers of Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt

The materials reproduced in this collection consist of letters and other papers of Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt, prominent German military strategist of World War I. At various times he served on military missions to Turkey and China. After World War I, as military head of the Reichswehr, he was considered the organizer and "father" of the army of the German Republic. This collection of von Seeckt's private and official papers consists, in general, of correspondence, reports, diaries, manuscript articles, newspaper clippings, maps, and some genealogical materials.

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