Fritz Bronsart von Schellendorf

Friedrich (Fritz) Bronsart von Schellendorf was a German officer and politician. He was the chief of Staff of the Ottoman Army and was one of the many German military advisors assigned to the Ottoman Empire. He replaced Otto Liman von Sanders who was assigned to the Aegean region following disagreements with Enver Pasha. He was instrumental drafting initial war plans for the Ottoman Army. Some historians consider Bronsart von Schellendorf to have been complicit in the Armenian genocide. He was an ardent supporter of Hitler during 1930s also.