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1) Hindenburg, Paul von. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...German field marshal and president (1925-34), b. Poznan (then in Prussia). His full name was Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg und Beneckendorff. He fought in...

2) Hindenburg, German name of Zabrze, Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hindenburg, German name of Zabrze, Poland, see Zabrze, Poland....

3) Hindenburg, airship. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hindenburg, airship, see airship....

4) Zabrze. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Katowice mining and industrial region. Local coal deposits form the basis of Zabrze's coke and chemical industries. Founded in the 13th cent., Zabrze passed to Prussia...

5) Ludendorff, Erich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...World War I as chief of staff to Field Marshal Hindenburg and was largely responsible for German military decisions. After Hindenburg became supreme military commander...

6) Lakehurst. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Lakehurst Naval Air Station (est. 1921). The Shenandoah (1923) was the first airship to use the station, and transatlantic airships made it their U.S. terminal from...

7) Samsonov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Early in World War I, when his army advanced into East Prussia (see Masuria) in order to relieve German pressure on the French, it was virtually annihilated by German...

8) Schleicher, Kurt von. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kurt von, 1882-1934, German general. A leading Reichswehr (army) figure after World War I, Schleicher wielded great power in the years before Adolf Hitler came to...

9) Papen, Franz von. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Appointed (1913) military attache to the German embassy in Washington, he was implicated in espionage activities that led (1915) the U.S. government to request his...

10) Falkenhayn, Erich von. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...German military officer. Minister of war from 1906 to 1915, he succeeded (1914) Moltke as chief of the German general staff. He was successful on the Eastern front...

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