About the Author

PAUL VON HINDENBURG (1847 - 1934), the son of Prussian aristocrats, joined the army in 1865 and served at the Battle of Koniggratz and in the Franco-Prussian War. Recalled out of retirement in 1914 he went on to become a much revered hero of the Great War. After the war he served as the President of Germany until his death in 1934.