Friedrich Heinrich Bruno Julius "Fritz" Bronsart von Schellendorff   
(16.06.1864 - 23.01.1950)
place of birth:  Berlin
Königreich Preußen:  Stabschef Osman-Armee,  Div-Kdr,  Generalleutnant z.D.


Fritz Bronsart von Schellendorff was a Prussian general officer who served during the Great War as the Chief of General Staff for the Ottoman Empire's Armed Forces. He was also considered by many to be the chief instigator in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Fritz was the son of Prussian War Minister Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff, growing up on the family estate at  Schettnienen. Upon choosing a military career, Fritz took part in the Manchurian Campaign of 1904-05 during the Russo-Japanese War. 

As an Oberst in December 1913, he traveled to Constantinople (Istanbul) with General Liman von Sanders and his military delegation. The Germans had been asked by authorities of the Ottoman Empire to deploy to help restructure the Turkish Armed Forces. He was soon appointed as Chief of Staff of the Ottoman Army and was thereafter increasingly at odds with Liman von Sanders. Bronsart and Chief of Operations Otto von Feldmann worked closely with Turkish War Minister Enver Pasha to coordinate important military issues. Although Liman von Sanders attempted to pin the disastrous Ottoman defeat on the Caucasus Front on Bronsart, Enver maintained confidence in his Chief of Staff. General Bronsart was nonetheless brought back to Germany at the end of 1917 and assigned command of the 4.Ersatz-Division on the Western Front. He also commanded 10. Infanterie-Division during the first few months after the War and then retired from active duty at the rank of Generalleutnant. In retirement, Fritz Bronsart von Schellendorff functioned as the official director of Ludendorff's Tannenberg organization. He was known to have supported Hitler's Nazi Party.

	Generalleutnant	25.02.1918