The Story of the Great War; History of the European War From Official Sources. Complete Historical Records of Events to Date ... Edited by Francis J. ... [And] Francis Trevelyan Miller Volume
The Story of the Great War; History of the European War From Official Sources. Complete Historical Records of Events to Date ... Edited by Francis J. ... [And] Francis Trevelyan Miller Volume
by Francis Trevelyan Miller
16 Apr, 2019
The first great campaign on the western battle grounds in the European War began on August 4, 1914. On this epoch-making day the German army began its invasion of Belgium—with the conquest of France as its ultimate goal. Six mighty armies stood rea
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The first great campaign on the western battle grounds in the European War began on August 4, 1914. On this epoch-making day the German army began its invasion of Belgium—with the conquest of France as its ultimate goal. Six mighty armies stood ready for the great invasion. Their estimated total was 1,200,000 men. Supreme over all was the Emperor as War Lord, but Lieutenant General Helmuth von Moltke, chief of the General Staff, was the practical director of military operations. General von Moltke was a nephew of the great strategist of 1870, and his name possibly appealed as of happy augury for repeating the former capture of Paris. Less