Walther Reinhardt
German general
Died when: 58 years 137 days (700 months)Star Sign: Aries
Walther Gustav Reinhardt (German pronunciation: ['valt? '?a?nha?t]; 24 March 1872 in Stuttgart – 8 August 1930 in Berlin) was a German officer who served as the last Prussian Minister of War and the first head of the army command (Chef der Heeresleitung) within the newly created Ministry of the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic.
During the Kapp Putsch of 1920, Reinhardt remained loyal to the elected government and was one of the few senior officers of the Reichswehr willing to order troops to fire at the revolting units.
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