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Freiherr von Hugo Friedrich Philipp Johann Freytag-Loringhoven
1855–1924
A Prussian general and military writer, he became known for linking battlefield experience with historical analysis. His career reached into the highest levels of Germany’s General Staff, and his books helped shape debates about war in the years around World War I.
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Deductions from the World War
by Freiherr von Hugo Friedrich Philipp Johann Freytag-Loringhoven
About the author
Born in Copenhagen on May 20, 1855, into a diplomatic family, Freiherr von Hugo Friedrich Philipp Johann Freytag-Loringhoven went on to build a long career in the Prussian Army. He later became a general of infantry and was especially noted not only as a senior officer, but also as a writer on military history and strategy.
He taught military history in Berlin and developed a reputation as an influential military thinker. During World War I he served in the upper ranks of the German General Staff, including as Deputy Chief of the Great General Staff, and in 1916 he received the Pour le Mérite for his work as a historian.
Freytag-Loringhoven died in Weimar on October 19, 1924. He is remembered as one of those soldier-scholars whose published work carried his influence beyond the army and into wider debates about modern warfare.