Julius von Verdy du Vernois | |
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Born | Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia | 19 July 1832
Died | 30 September 1910 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 78)
Allegiance | Kingdom of Prussia |
Service | Prussian Army |
Rank | General of the Infantry |
Commands | Military Governor of Strasbourg |
Battles / wars | Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War |
Other work | Prussian Minister of War |
Adrian Friedrich Wilhelm Julius Ludwig von Verdy du Vernois (19 July 1832 – 30 September 1910), often given the short name of Verdy, was a German general and staff officer, chiefly noted both for his military writings and his service on Helmuth von Moltke the Elder's staff during the Franco-Prussian War.