Falkenhayn

[ fahl-kuhn-hahyn ]

noun

1. E·rich von [ey, -, r, i, kh, f, uh, n], 1861–1922, German general of World War I.

Example Sentences

Falkenhayn’s plan was to strike at a vital location that the French could not afford to lose.

From Literature

They would defend Verdun at all costs, Falkenhayn reasoned, and would fight to regain the city if it was lost.

From Literature

Caught by surprise, as Falkenhayn had planned, and overwhelmed by the enemy’s numbers and firepower, the French began to fall back as the Germans advanced toward the key forts of Vaux and Douaumont.

From Literature

Falkenhayn had intended to wage a war of attrition: to bleed the French forces to death, maximizing French casualties while keeping German losses to a minimum.

From Literature

The attacking Germans would suffer losses too, but these would be kept to a minimum, Falkenhayn believed, by the element of surprise and by the hundreds of German guns massed in the hills north of Verdun.

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