Great General Staff

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German military organization Prussian military organization general staff military staff

The Great General Staff was the central planning and command organ of the Prussian and later German Army, renowned for its professionalized military leadership and strategic doctrine in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military organization → Prussian military organization → general staff → military staff →
country	German Empire → Kingdom of Prussia → Weimar Republic →
developedConcept	Auftragstaktik (mission-type tactics) → Schlieffen Plan →
dissolved	1919 →
dissolvedBy	Treaty of Versailles →
hasPart	Kriegsakademie (Prussian War Academy, as training institution) → intelligence section → operations section → railway section → topographical section →
headquartersLocation	Berlin → Königsplatz, Berlin →
inception	1814 →
influenced	Japanese Imperial Army General Staff → United States Army staff system → general staff systems of other European armies →
influencedBy	Napoleonic Wars → Prussian military reformers →
mainRole	central planning organ of the army → development of military doctrine → operational planning → strategic command organ of the army → training of staff officers → war planning →
nativeName	Großer Generalstab →
notableCommander	Alfred von Schlieffen → Alfred von Waldersee → August Neidhardt von Gneisenau → Erich von Falkenhayn → Gerhard von Scharnhorst → Helmuth von Moltke the Elder → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger → Wilhelm Groener NERFINISHED →
notableFor	influence on modern staff systems worldwide → professionalized officer education → systematic war-gaming and planning →
officeHeldBy	Chief of the General Staff →
partOf	Imperial German Army → Prussian Army → Reichswehr (early Weimar period, in reduced form) →
significantEvent	Prussian military reforms of early 19th century → reorganization after 1806 Prussian defeat by Napoleon →
subordinateTo	German Emperor → King of Prussia NERFINISHED → Prussian War Ministry (in administrative matters) →
usedInConflict	Austro-Prussian War → Franco-Prussian War → World War I →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German General Staff → Prussian General Staff →	hasPart