General Hoffmann

[Schattensand]

Big compliment for those who dug him out of obskurity.
In Germany he is almost unknown, so he worked out the Tannenberg battle as a Generalsstaboffizier. Here all merits for that go to Hindenburg/Ludendorff.
Barbara Tuchman valued him high in her book " Guns of August ".
If you took him as a very good officer ingame, why not von Francois.
He denied Ludendorff an attack at that battle, saying not before the heavy arty is prepared. As its was finally it alone killed the Russian attack.
And out of style reasons the general who had the good old German name
William Alfred Hendry Campbell of Breadalbane would have been nice too.

[PhilThib]

I did. Hoffman was a great general. His account of the war in the East should have been read by many (especially a few German GHQ fellows by 1941 :cool .

BTW, why not propose a list of 10-12 extra valuable Army commanders to add to those we have already... they might be used in a gold version of the game

[Carrington]

It's interesting that Hoffman and Von Francois make an appearance in the GMT boardgame, Paths of Glory.

Not to diminish Philtib's efforts, or this game.

[Nial]

The more generals available the better.

[CSS]

Actually Hoffman was the #3 general in Germany by the wars end. He was totaly in charge of the eastern front after H/L moved to the western front. It was HIS planning that created Tannenberg and had already won the battle when three corps were trained in from the western front , thus killing the schiefflien plan.

My favorite quote of the war is that upon touring the Tannenberg battlefield in the 20s, Hoffman stumbled upon a group of cadets adoring Hindenburg for the battle Hoffman stormed and pointed to a bench and said "This is were Hindenber,g sleep before the battle, this is where Hindenberg slept during the battle and this is where Hindenberg slept after the battle!" He then turned and stormed off.