Rüdiger von der Goltz Military person

Gustav Adolf Joachim Rüdiger, Graf von der Goltz (December 8, 1865 – November 4, 1946) was a German Army general during the First World War. After the end of the World War in 1918, Goltz commanded the army of the Baltic German-established Government of Latvia, which in 1919 was instrumental in the defeat of the Russian Bolsheviks and their local allies in Latvia, but suffered a defeat against Estonia and was eventually unsuccessful in retaining German control over the Baltic region after the War.

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Rüdiger von der Goltz
Birth dateDecember 08, 1865
Birth place
Brandenburg , Kingdom of Prussia , Sulechów
Date of deathNovember 04, 1946
Place of death
West Germany , Upper Bavaria , Bernbeuren

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allegianceGerman Empire
award
Pour le Mérite
military operations
Finnish Civil War
Estonian War of Independence
World War I
Latvian War of Independence
military command
Baltische Landeswehr
Baltic Sea Division

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