Friedrich von Bernhardi

Friedrich von Bernhardi studied at Prussian Military Academy. The recorded working language is German. Positions recorded include military attaché. Works named in the authority record are Das Heerwesen. Distinctions recorded are Pour le Mérite, Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht the Bold and Iron Cross 2nd Class.

• Name — Friedrich Adam Julius von Bernhardi • Born — 22 November 1849 • Died — 11 July 1930 • Birthplace — St. Petersburg, Russian Empire • Place of death — Hirschberg-Kunnersdorf, Lower Silesia, Prussia, Germany • Allegiance — Prussia Weimar Republic • Branch — Prussia • Rank — General • Battles — Franco-Prussian War World War I • Awards — Pour le Mérite

Bernhardi was born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. His family emigrated to Schöpstal, Silesia in 1851. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), Bernhardi was a cavalry lieutenant in the 14th Hussars[2] of the Prussian Army, and at the end of that conflict had the honor of being the first German to ride through the Arc de Triomphe when the Germans entered Paris. From 1891 to 1894, he was German military attaché at Bern and was subsequently head of the military history department of the Grand General Staff in Berlin. He was appointed general in command of the VII Army Corps at Münster in Westphalia in 1907, but retired two years later and busied himself as a military writer. Widespread attention was excited by the memoirs of his father, the diplomat and historian Felix Theodore von Bernhardi,[3] which he published, and still more by his book Germany and the Next War. In Germany and the Next War, Bernhardi stated that war "is a biological necessity," and that it was in accordance with "the natural law, upon which all the laws of Nature rest, the law of the struggle for existence." Bernhardi served during World War I as a general. He fought with success first in the Eastern Front on the Stochod river, where he stormed the bridgehead of Zarecze on Stochod river, and afterwards on the Western Front, in particular at Armentières. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 20 August 1916, for his participation in the German defense against the Brusilov Offensive.

Friedrich von Bernhardi was recorded at birth as Friedrich Adam Julius von Bernhardi. The authorities additionally record the heading Friedrich Adam Julius von Bernhardi. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Charlotte von Krusenstern.

Friedrich von Bernhardi is recorded as having received Pour le Mérite, Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht the Bold.