Max Bauer
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This article is about the military adviser and artillery expert. For the professional wrestler, see Mickey Keegan.
Colonel Max Hermann Bauer (31 January 1869 – 6 May 1929) was a German General Staff officer and artillery expert in the First World War. As a protege of Erich Ludendorff he was placed in charge of the German Army's munition supply by the latter in 1916. In this role he played a leading role in the Hindenburg Programme and the High Command's political machinations. Later Bauer was a military and industrial adviser to the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek.
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Birth name | Max Hermann Bauer |
Born | (1869-01-31)31 January 1869 Quedlinburg, Province of Saxony, German Empire |
Died | 6 May 1929(1929-05-06) (aged 60) Shanghai, Republic of China |
Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic |
Service/ | Imperial German Army Reichsheer |
Rank | Oberst |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Pour le Mérite |
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