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When did Helmuth von Moltke die?

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Helmuth von Moltke Helmuth von Moltke, 1871

Helmuth von Moltke, the Prussian and German General Staff chief born in 1800, died on April 24, 1891, in Berlin, Germany.1

It is important to distinguish him from his nephew and namesake, Helmuth von Moltke (1848–1916), who served as the chief of the German General Staff during the outbreak of World War I and died on June 18, 1916.2