Max Bauer

Max Bauer
Max Bauer
	Max Bauer in 1918
Birth name	Max Hermann Bauer
Born	31 January 1869; Quedlinburg, Province of Saxony, German Empire
Died	6 May 1929 (aged 60); Shanghai, Republic of China
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic
Service/branch	Imperial German Army; Reichsheer
Rank	Oberst
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Pour le Mérite

Colonel Max Hermann Bauer (31 January 1869 – 6 May 1929) was a German General Staff officer and artillery expert in the First World War. As a protege of Erich Ludendorff he was placed in charge of the German Army's munition supply by the latter in 1916. In this role he played a leading role in the Hindenburg Programme and the High Command's political machinations. Later Bauer was a military and industrial adviser to the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek.