His successes in this sector created kind of tradition in his favour, and fon August 29, 1016, he succeeded Field Marshal von' Falkenhayn Chief of the General Staff, In this position he became the centre of the hopes of the German people and many will remember the gigantic Smage of hm which was erected in Berlin for all to hammer nails into in return for contributions to war charities, Some critics have associat many of his achievements in the fold during this period with Field Marshal Ludendorif, who was in the prime of his faculties, but Luden-Gorft's share in the many, successes ehieved detracts little from the glamour earned by his Field Marshal von Hindenburg was among the first to realise that Germany's chances towards the end of the war were hopeless, and he placed obstacles in the way of those who, when the result was patent, dpenily advocated an armistice, He paid tribute to the army which had preserved Germany's frontier for 60 jong, and maintained that "they sued from the struggle proud and with heads erect."
year after the war he again re-rived, having kept himself all the While tree from. political entanglements, It was from his home Flonover that he was summoned to take up the presidency of a distract-Reich, This was in 1925, and through successive years of political unrest and turmoil he steadfastly supported the government chosen by the people.
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