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Biography Activity: Manfred, Baron von Richthofen

professional soldier like his father. As a boy, he became an expert hunter and marksman. He went away to military school at age 11, then to the Royal Military Academy. Only a fair student, he was a good athlete and soon was eager for a military career. In 1911 he joined the Uhlans, a presti-gious cavalry unit in the German army. When war broke ...