Max Hoffmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Hoffmann

German general

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1869

Place of Birth: Homberg (Efze), Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1927

Profession: politician, general officer, diplomat

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Carl Adolf Maximilian Hoffmann (25 January 1869 – 8 July 1927) was a German military strategist.
As a staff officer at the beginning of World War I, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the 8th Army, soon promoted Chief of Staff.
Hoffmann, along with Hindenburg and Ludendorff, masterminded the devastating defeat of the Russian armies at Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes.
He then held the position of Chief of Staff of the Eastern Front.
At the end of 1917, he negotiated with Russia to sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.