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... German . Hoche , ( Louis- ) Lazare ( b . June 24 , 1768 , Versailles , Fr.-d. Sept. 18 , 1797 , Wetzlar , now in West Germany ) , general of the French Revolutionary Wars who drove the Austro- Prussian armies from Alsace in 1793 and sup ...
... German . Hoche , ( Louis- ) Lazare ( b . June 24 , 1768 , Versailles , Fr.-d. Sept. 18 , 1797 , Wetzlar , now in West Germany ) , general of the French Revolutionary Wars who drove the Austro- Prussian armies from Alsace in 1793 and sup ...
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... West Germany ) , German general in World War I , chief of staff for the Eastern Front from August 1916 , when he succeeded Erich Ludendorff . In August 1914 , as a colonel on the staff of the German 8th Army , he helped to plan the ...
... West Germany ) , German general in World War I , chief of staff for the Eastern Front from August 1916 , when he succeeded Erich Ludendorff . In August 1914 , as a colonel on the staff of the German 8th Army , he helped to plan the ...
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... West Germany - d . July 1 , 1694 , Hanover ) , proba- bly the lover of Sophia Dorothea , consort to the Hanoverian electoral prince George , later King George I of England . The alleged rela- tionship led to his death and the ...
... West Germany - d . July 1 , 1694 , Hanover ) , proba- bly the lover of Sophia Dorothea , consort to the Hanoverian electoral prince George , later King George I of England . The alleged rela- tionship led to his death and the ...
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