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Joseph von Junge (Born 22 April, 1846 in Munich Germany, Died 27 May 1928 in Berlin Germany) He is perhaps one of the most popular German Generals of World War I. He is probably best known for his outstanding popularity and being an eloquent speaker.

Early Life He was born to a lower middleclass family, he lived in the slums his father was a butcher whom severely abused his children. His mother had died when he was four and he was abandoned on the steps of the chuch that he attended. He was raised in the Catholic Church there for the next nine years and was training to become a priest. It was found, one of the members of the parish, a Colonel, had come to notice Junge around 1859 and began to persaude him to join a military seminary school.

Junge was persauded to enter in the military school, but he still intended to become a priest and spent quite a lot of time studying. He proved to be an excellent military strategist and graduated in 1864 with high honors and a full merit scholarship to the Prussian Military Academy in Berlin. It was then, after just being ordained a priest, that he dropped himself from the church and intended to continue his life in the military.

Marriage Junge first met Eva Sokar in the early spring of 1860 at a Mass. They had a friendly relationship with eachother through his years at the school. He felt something stronger with her and she was one of the main reasons as to why he dropped from priesthood.

Together they had twelve children, all of whom made it to adulthood.

Junge and his wife were very close, they were very fond of each other and were very much in love with each other their entire lives. It was said, though with speculation, that either became depressed when they were seperated for long periods of time and that Eva had numerous affairs with the house workers while her husband was gone on business.

Work in the Military Because of Junge's mere natural talent, he rose through the military ranks rather quickly. He found with high honors in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) and was both a brilliant tactician and strategist. He many diplomatic relations with those from different countries and often communicated through telegraph and codes to keep mutual contacts and relations, especially with countries that weren't allies.

The German government were so impressed with his works that Kaiser Wilhelm II appointed Junge to be one of his senior advisors in 1896 and was also appointed a diplomat in 1899. He was appointed a brigidier general in 1900. He was at the famous 1909 conferance

World War I At the outbreak of the war in 1914, he was already in the Germany high command as a four star general. He was well respected and extremely popular among the German people. He had an extraordinary talent at speaking, his eyes were hypnotic and seductive and he could always intoxicate the people into believing what he wanted them too. The government used his abilities to influence opinion and demonize the enemy. Though Junge used his speaking for his own benefit, especially for anti-Semitic and fascist views.

He retired just after the war ended at the age of 73, but he did not disappear from the public eye.

Political Life Junge had become the leader of the National Socialist Party of Germany which, after his death, would join forces with the National Socialist German Workers Party, even before that they had close relations with each other.

He was known to be a fascist leader with extremely fascist views, his party promoted anti-Semitism and extreme nationalism. Some members of the party gained seats in the Reichstag.

Death It is unclear how Junge died. Some speculate that it was complications due to a dietary illness he had been born with which allowed a limited selection of foods that he could eat. While most likely the speculations are true, he most likely consumed too much alcohol that his body could take and had a massive stroke and cerebral hemorraging, autopsies later confirmed that his his major organs filled up with blood. He left behind a legacy and a trail of suicides, including his wife who had herself shot by Junge's top aid, Dr. Reinhard Metzger.