Prussian General Staff
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The Prussian General Staff was the pioneering 19th-century military planning and command institution of the Kingdom of Prussia that became a model for modern professional general staffs worldwide.
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prussian military organization
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general staff → military institution → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
German Empire
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Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED → |
| country |
Kingdom of Prussia
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| developed |
Kriegsspiel wargaming
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general staff ride exercises → merit-based staff selection system → peacetime war planning → professional officer education system → railway mobilization planning → |
| dissolutionCause |
Treaty of Versailles
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| dissolved |
1919
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| fieldOfWork |
military education
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military planning → operational art → strategy → |
| followedBy |
German General Staff
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| hasPart |
Great General Staff
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Kriegsakademie → intelligence section → operations section → railway section → topographical section → |
| headquartersLocation |
Berlin
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| inception |
1808
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| influenced |
Austro-Hungarian General Staff
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German General Staff → Imperial Japanese Army General Staff → Ottoman General Staff → Russian Imperial General Staff → United States Army General Staff system → |
| inspiredBy |
defeat of Prussia in 1806 by Napoleon
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| keyPerson |
Alfred von Schlieffen
NERFINISHED
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Alfred von Waldersee → August Neidhardt von Gneisenau NERFINISHED → Carl von Clausewitz → Gerhard von Scharnhorst NERFINISHED → Helmuth von Moltke the Elder NERFINISHED → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger NERFINISHED → |
| notableFor |
being a model for modern professional general staffs worldwide
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centralized strategic planning in Prussia → integration of education, planning, and command support → |
| notableWork |
development of modern staff officer system
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development of war planning procedures → operational planning for Prussian wars of unification → planning for the Austro-Prussian War → planning for the Franco-Prussian War → |
| partOf |
Prussian Army
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| replacedBy |
Truppenamt
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| significantEvent |
Prussian military reforms after 1806
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| timePeriod |
19th century
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early 20th century → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Prussian military reforms
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implementedBy |
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German General Staff
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predecessor |