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The German Failure in Belgium, August 1914 - How Faulty Reconnaissance Exposed the Weakness of the Schlieffen Plan (Paperback)
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The German Failure in Belgium, August 1914 - How Faulty Reconnaissance Exposed the Weakness of the Schlieffen Plan (Paperback)
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Author Dr. Dennis Showalter is the winner of the 2018 Pritzker
Military Lifetime Achievement Award! If wars were wagered on like
pro sports or horse races, the Germany military in August 1914
would have been a clear front-runner, with a century-long record of
impressive victories and a general staff the envy of its rivals.
Germany's overall failure in the first year of World War I was
surprising and remains a frequent subject of analysis, mostly
focused on deficiencies in strategy and policy. But there were
institutional weaknesses as well. This book examines the structural
failures that frustrated the Germans in the war's crucial initial
campaign, the invasion of Belgium. Too much routine in planning,
command and execution led to groupthink, inflexibility and to an
overconfident belief that nothing could go too terribly wrong. As a
result, decisive operation became dicey, with consequences that
Germany's military could not overcome in four long years.
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