Max Bauer | |
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 Max Bauer in 1918 | |
| Birth name | Max Hermann Bauer |
| Born | 31 January 1869 Quedlinburg, Province of Saxony, North German Confederation |
| Died | 6 May 1929 (aged 60) Shanghai, Republic of China |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Weimar Republic Republic of China |
| Service |  Imperial German Army Reichsheer |
| Rank | .gif){kind=small} Oberst |
| Battles / wars | Russo-Japanese War (Observer) World War I Kapp Putsch |
| Awards | Pour le Mérite |
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 President Chiang Kai-Shek of the Republic of China (Taiwan).