Moltke
German military mastermind
Moltke refers to two influential Prussian military strategists.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891) was chief of the Prussian General Staff and architect of victories in the wars that unified Germany.
His nephew, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848–1916), held the same position at the outbreak of World War I.
The elder Moltke is remembered for the observation that no plan survives contact with the enemy.
Planned approach to goals
- PrussiaFormer German kingdom
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
- Franco-PrussianRelating to 1870 war
tactics · chief of staff · mobilization · railways · war planning · German unification · field marshal · doctrine
Formal religious office
- YoungerLater-born family member
- nephewSibling's male offspring
- uncleMale family elder
- World War IFirst global military conflict
Marne · family · aristocracy · military tradition · succession · lineage · legacy · namesake
Speed-focused capital warship
- dreadnoughtHeavily armored warship type
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- scuttledSank intentionally
- navalOf maritime warfare
Jutland · armor · turret · displacement · wartime · fleet · tonnage
Largest island on Earth
- countyLocal administrative division
- DenmarkScandinavian constitutional monarchy
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
expedition · polar · cartography · exploration · naming · Danish · colonial · territory
strategy
Planned approach to goals
Franco-Prussian · tactics · chief of staff · mobilization · railways · war planning · German unification · field marshal · doctrine · operations
Elder
Formal religious office
World War I · Marne · family · aristocracy · military tradition · succession · lineage · legacy · namesake
battlecruiser
Speed-focused capital warship
- dreadnoughtHeavily armored warship type
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- scuttledSank intentionally
naval · Jutland · armor · turret · displacement · wartime · fleet · tonnage
Greenland
Largest island on Earth
- countyLocal administrative division
- DenmarkScandinavian constitutional monarchy
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
Arctic · expedition · polar · cartography · exploration · naming · Danish · colonial · territory
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- Field MarshalsMontgomery, Rommel, Kitchener, Wellington, Alexander
- Franco-Prussian WarFranco-Prussian War, Bismarck, Napoleon III, Otto von Bismarck, Treaty of Frankfurt
- German GeneralsRommel, Hindenburg, Model, Beck, Hoth
- military leadersGeorge Washington, Napoleon, generals, general, commander
- Prussian MilitaryPrussia, Frederick the Great, Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, spiked helmet
MoltkeNapoleon Bonaparte
French military dictator
George Patton · Douglas MacArthur · George Custer · micromanager
Moltkepacifist
Anti-violence believer
peace advocate · Mahatma Gandhi · conscientious objector · Leo Tolstoy · peace activist