Helmuth Karl Bernhart comte de Moltke - Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (October 26, 1800 - April 24, 1891), was a German General fieldmarschall. The chief of staff of the Prussian army for thirty years, he is widely regarded as one of the great strategists of the latter half of the 1800s, and the creator of a new, more modern method, of directing armies in the field. He is often referred to as Moltke the Elder to distinguish him from his nephew who commanded the German army at the outbreak of World War I. Moltke planned and led the successful military operations during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. In 1867 The Campaign of 1866 in Germany was published. This history was produced under Moltke's personal supervision ?007 TopFoto