serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
1868 -- 1916 war prussian army german empire imperial german army ensign of prussia -lrb- 1816 -rrb- . svg deutsches heer berlin , german empire 18 june 1916 biendorf , mecklenburg-schwerin kingdom of prussia german empire knight kingdom -rrb- commander of the royal victorian order -lrb- united franco-prussian war , world war i 23 may 1848 `` moltke the younger '' generaloberst vonmoltke.jpg helmuth von moltke the younger
 helmuth johann ludwig von moltke
helmuth von moltke the younger

helmuth johann ludwig von moltke -lrb- ; 23 may 1848 -- 18 june 1916 -rrb- , also known as moltke the younger , was a nephew of field marshal count moltke and served as the chief of the german general staff from 1906 to 1914 .
the two are often differentiated as `` moltke the elder '' and `` moltke the younger '' .
