Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz

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German general Ottoman Army officer Prussian field marshal human military theorist

Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz was a prominent Prussian field marshal and military theorist who served as a senior German advisor and commander in the Ottoman Empire during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz canonical 3
Baron von der Goltz 1
von der Goltz 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German general ⓘ
Ottoman Army officer ⓘ
Prussian field marshal ⓘ
human ⓘ
military theorist ⓘ
awardReceived Iron Cross ⓘ
Order of Osmanieh ⓘ
Order of the Black Eagle ⓘ
Order of the Medjidie ⓘ
Pour le Mérite ⓘ
surface form: Pour le Mérite (military class)
causeOfDeath epidemic typhus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1843-08-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1916-04-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Prussian military academy ⓘ
surface form: Prussian Staff College
employer Imperial German Army ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
familyName Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: von der Goltz
fieldOfWork military reform ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
givenName Colmar ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Prussian nobility ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial German Army ⓘ
Ottoman Army ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
nobleTitle Freiherr ⓘ
notableIdea concept of the nation in arms ⓘ
modernization of the Ottoman Army ⓘ
notableWork Das Volk in Waffen ⓘ
occupation military historian ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
military writer ⓘ
participantIn Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign

World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bielkenfeld ⓘ
East Prussia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Baghdad ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
positionHeld chief military adviser to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
commander of Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → theatreCommander → Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz ⓘ
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) → commander → Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron von der Goltz
Ottoman 6th Army → commander → Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz ⓘ
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz → familyName → Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: von der Goltz
Battle of Kut → commanderForOttomanSide → Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz ⓘ