Helmuth von Moltke

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military leader
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Starry_Cross
gptkb:Order_of_the_Crown_(Prussia)
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_John_(Bailiwick_of_Brandenburg)
Order of the Red Eagle
Order of the Black Eagle
gptkbp:birthDate 1800-04-26
gptkbp:contribution Military reforms
Operational planning
Staff organization
gptkbp:deathDate 1891-04-18
gptkbp:famousQuote "The best way to keep your word is not to give it."
"In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one."
"No plan survives contact with the enemy."
"Strategy is a system of expedients."
"The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes."
"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory."
"The art of war is to gain time."
"The commander must be a man of action."
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Helmuth von Moltke
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_von_Clausewitz
gptkbp:influenceOn gptkb:German_General_Staff_system
modern military strategy
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:German_unification
gptkb:Austro-Prussian_War
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Prussian_Army
gptkbp:legacy Moltke's_principles_of_war
Influence_on_World_War_I_strategies
Influence_on_NATO_military_strategies
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Prussian_Military_Academy
gptkb:War_Academy
gptkb:Prussian_Army
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Franco-Prussian_War
Battle of Königgrätz
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Parchim,_Germany
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Berlin,_Germany
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Albrecht_von_Roon
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:serviceYears 1822-1888
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_von_Moltke
gptkbp:strategicGoals Telegraph communication in military operations
Railway_logistics_in_warfare
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Younger