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|caption      = 1935 official portrait
|caption      = 1935 official portrait
|office      = ''{{wp|Reichsmarschall}}''
|office      = ''{{wp|Reichsleiter}} of the [[Vierz Empire]]''
|deputy      =  
|deputy      =  
|term_start  = 18 July 1928
|term_start  = 18 July 1931
|term_end    = 15 March 1948
|term_end    = 3 July 1949
|predecessor  = [[Viktor IV]]<br><small>''as Emperor of the Vierz''</small>
|predecessor  =  
|successor    = ''none (office abolished)''
|successor    = [[Helmut Bergmann]]
|office1      = {{wp|Minister President}} of the [[Vierz Empire]]
|office1      = {{wp|Chancellor}} of the [[Vierz Empire]]
|term_start1  = 15 December 1924
|term_start1  = 15 June 1929
|term_end1    = 15 March 1948
|term_end1    = 3 July 1949
|predecessor1 = Ludwig Kleiner<br><small>''as Chancellor of the Vierz Empire''</small>
|predecessor1 =  
|successor1  =  
|successor1  = Helmut Bergmann
|birth_name  = Hermann Luther Eschau
|birth_name  = Hermann Luther Eschau
|birth_date  = 25 August 1865
|birth_date  = 25 August 1865
|birth_place  = [[Prinzburg]], Vierz Empire
|birth_place  = [[Prinzburg]], Vierz Empire
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1948|3|15|1870|8|25|df=yes}}
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1949|7|3|1865|8|25|df=yes}}
|death_place  = [[Adtrüs]], Vierz Empire
|death_place  = [[Adtrüs]], Vierz Empire
|party        = [[wp:Independent (politics|Independent]]
|party        = [[
:Independent (politics|Independent]]
|spouse      =  
|spouse      =  
|alma_mater  = [[Konstantin Imperial War College, Adtrüs]]
|alma_mater  = [[Konstantin Imperial War College, Adtrüs]]
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'''Hermann Eschau''' (25 August 1865 – 15 April 1948) was a Vierz military officer and statesman who led the [[Vierz Empire]] as its {{wp|Minister President}} and ''{{wp|Reichsmarschall}}'' from 1924 to his death in 1948. A key figure in world history, he was instrumental in the start of the [[Great War (WB)|Great War]] and the transformation of Vierzland into a {{wp|military dictatorship}} after the [[October Putsch]].
'''Hermann Eschau''' (25 August 1865 – 15 April 1948) was a Vierz military officer and statesman who led the [[Vierz Empire]] as its {{wp|Chancellor}} and ''{{wp|Reichsleiter}}'' from 1929 to his death in 1949. A key figure in world history, he was instrumental in the start of the [[Great War (Vasarden)|Great War]] and the transformation of Vierzland into a {{wp|military dictatorship}} after the [[June Putsch]].
 
Eschau was born to a family of the minor nobility in [[Prinzburg]]. His father, [[Adolf Eschau]], was an officer in the royalist army during the [[Vierz Civil War]]. Eschau joined the [[Imperial Vierz Army]] in 1887, fighting in the [[Frontier Wars]] and rising to the rank of {{wp|Oberleutnant}}. He was honorably discharged from the army in 1900, moving to [[Bertenau]]. He rejoined the army in 1912 and was later deployed to [[Vonzumier]], a Vierz colony, as the commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade. A staunch [[wp:Anti-communism|anti-Communist]] and supporter of imperial rule in Vonzumier, Eschau was one of the first to react to the [[Niederstadt uprising]] in 1920. He fought in the ensuing [[Vonzumier War]], achieving the rank of ''{{wp|Generaloberst}}'' before the war's end in 1923.
 
Enraged by the resulting independence of Vonzumier, Eschau returned home in search of a life in politics. He developed [[wp:Anti-monarchism|anti-monarchist]] opinions, and a personal distrust of [[Viktor IV]] over the events in Vonzumier. When the world was struck by the ''[[1924 financial crisis|Dunklen Monaten]]'', Eschau led a group of army officers called the [[Imperial Maintenance Council]], who [[October Putsch|overthrew the Vierz government]] in 1924 during a period of high instability. Eschau dissolved the council and the chancellery, proclaiming himself {{wp|Minister President}} and vastly restricting the powers of the [[Reichsversammlung]] while suspending the constitution. He quickly transformed Vierzland into an [[wp:Autocracy|autocratic]] {{wp|dictatorship}} and cracked down on civil and political freedoms while supporting policies of rapid {{wp|militarization}} and [[wp:Centralized government|centralization of state authority]]. In 1928, he gave himself the title of ''{{wp|Reichsmarschall}}'', officially granting himself complete control over the political and military functions of the empire.
 
[[Luepola]] and [[Targian Empire|Targia]] becoming [[wp:Communism|Communist]] led Eschau to shift the empire towards the likes of [[Gallia]], [[Lairea]], and [[Zaihan]]. Tensions between Gallia and Luepola over a border dispute and ideological differences forced him to decide to back Gallia's decision to [[Invasion of Luepola|invade Luepola]] in 1941, and vowed to support the invasion militarily, leading to the outbreak of the [[Great War (WB)|Great War]] on 10 April 1941. The [[Allianz]] powers, led by the Vierz Empire, were greatly victorious in their early campaigns. Vierz forces, under the aggressive military leadership of Eschau, managed to conquer most of [[Southern Patyria|southern]] and [[eastern Patyria]] by the end of 1942. The entrance of [[Legatia]], [[Vonzumier]], and [[Auchnesal]] into the war in 1943, and failure to defeat [[Insaeldor]], drastically altered the fate of the Vierz Empire and put the Allianz on the defensive. Eschau ordered a final campaign, [[Perfect Storm]], in 1947 to delay the war's end and force a [[wp:Suing for peace|white peace]]. This only led to the [[Coalition of Independent States|Coalition]]'s decision to [[Atomic bombing of Bertenau|drop an atomic bomb]] on [[Bertenau]], to which Eschau replied by authorizing an {{wp|unconditional surrender}}. A group of army officers [[Ides Putsch|attempted to overthrow]] Eschau on 15 March 1948, killing him but later being arrested by forces loyal to Eschau, leading to [[Surrender of Vierzland|Vierzland's surrender]] the next day.
 
Eschau is highly controversial today, particularly in Vierzland. Many applaud him for implementing policies that ended the effects of the 1924 financial crisis in Vierzland, ending what most considered to be a [[wp:Nepotism|nepotist]], corrupt monarchy, and his strategical and tactical genius. Others criticize his role in the Great War, stating that he was instrumental in the war's start and could have prevented it. Historians debate his role in the [[Luepolan massacres]] and the [[10th of May incident]], with some arguing that he was implicit in both. Eschau's body was cremated by the imperial government shortly after his death, with the remains [[wp:Burial at sea|tossed into the sea]].

Revision as of 05:44, 8 April 2019

Reichsmarschall
Hermann Eschau
Erich Ludendorff.jpg
1935 official portrait
Reichsleiter of the Vierz Empire
In office
18 July 1931 – 3 July 1949
Succeeded byHelmut Bergmann
Chancellor of the Vierz Empire
In office
15 June 1929 – 3 July 1949
Succeeded byHelmut Bergmann
Personal details
Born
Hermann Luther Eschau

25 August 1865
Prinzburg, Vierz Empire
Died3 July 1949(1949-07-03) (aged 83)
Adtrüs, Vierz Empire
Political party[[
Independent (politics|Independent]]
Alma materKonstantin Imperial War College, Adtrüs
Military service
Allegiance Vierz Empire
Branch/serviceImperial Vierz Army
Years of service1887–1900
1912-1948
RankReichsmarschall
Battles/warsFrontier Wars
Vonzumier War
Great War

Hermann Eschau (25 August 1865 – 15 April 1948) was a Vierz military officer and statesman who led the Vierz Empire as its Chancellor and Reichsleiter from 1929 to his death in 1949. A key figure in world history, he was instrumental in the start of the Great War and the transformation of Vierzland into a military dictatorship after the June Putsch.

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