Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known generally as Paul von Hindenburg ([ˈpaʊl fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊɐ̯k]; 2 October 1847 - 2 August 1934) was a German military officer, statesman, and politician who largely controlled German policy in the second half of World War I and served as the elected President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. As Germany's Chief of the General Staff from August 1916, Hindenburg's reputation rose greatly in German public esteem. He and his deputy Erich Ludendorff then led Germany in a de facto military dictatorship throughout the remainder of the war, marginalizing German Emperor Wilhelm II as well as the German Reichstag (Parliament.) True to family tradition father supported his family as an infantry officer, he retired as a major. He became a second lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Foot Guards.
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