Early Life and Military Career
In his youth, Alexander already showed interest in Eastern Asia and its culture. He travelled and studied in Japan, Northern China, Korea and Indochina for a few years (1909–1911).
Falkenhausen was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the German Army in 1897 and served as a military attaché in Japan prior to the First World War. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite during the war while serving with the Ottoman Army in Palestine. After the war he stayed in service and later headed the Dresden Infantry School in 1927.
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