German strategy and the path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the development of attrition, 1870 - 1916
Almost 90 years since its conclusion, the battle of Verdun is still little understood. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun is the first detailed examination of this seminal battle in the English language to be based on research conducted in archives long thought lost. Material returned to Germany...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Almost 90 years since its conclusion, the battle of Verdun is still little understood. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun is the first detailed examination of this seminal battle in the English language to be based on research conducted in archives long thought lost. Material returned to Germany from the former Soviet Union has allowed for a reinterpretation of Erich von Falkenhayn's overall strategy for the war and of the development of German operational and tactical concepts to fit this new strategy of attrition. By taking a long view of the development of German military ideas from the end of the Franco-German War in 1871, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun also gives much-needed context to Falkenhayn's ideas and the course of one of the greatest battles of attrition the world has ever known. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 301 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0521841933 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of illustrations page vi
Acknowledgments viii
Table ofranks x
Maps xi xiv
Introduction 1
1 The Volkskrieg in German military thought 14
2 The (re)birth of Ermattungsstrategie 38
3 The short war belief 56
4 TheriseofSte#wra£.s£ne£ 82
5 Competing Strategie visions 109
6 Attack in the east 127
7 Defense in the west 156
8 Verdun: the plan 181
9 Verdun: the execution 209
10 Verdun: the failure 237
Conclusion 259
Bibliography 269
Index 295
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Illustrations
1 Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, shown here during
World War I page 27
2 Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, author of Germany s war plan;
reproduced courtesy of the Imperial War Museum 58
3 Kaiser Wilhelm II (left) with his Chief of the General Staff,
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, during the 1913 Imperial
Maneuvers; reproduced courtesy of the Imperial War
Museum 74
4 Erich von Falkenhayn (left), the new Chief of the General
Staff; reproduced courtesy of the Imperial War Museum 89
5 Adolph Wild von Hohenborn, one of Falkenhayn s close
advisors and from January 1915 Minister of War 95
6 Hugo Freiherr von Freytag Loringhoven, one of
Falkenhayn s close advisors 96
7 The proponents of the traditional German way of war
OberOst, Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff,
with Kaiser Wilhelm II (center); reproduced courtesy of
the Imperial War Museum 111
8 The Imperial Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 116
9 The Chief of the Austro Hungarian General Staff, Franz
Conrad Freiherr von Hoetzendorf 130
10 August von Mackensen (right), the Commander of the 1 lth
Army, with Gerhard Tappen, Falkenhayn s operations
officer; reproduced courtesy of the Imperial War Museum 137
11 Generaloberst Karl von Einem, Commander of the 3rd
Army in the Herbstschlacht 170
12 The Commander of the 5th Army, the German Crown
Prince Wilhelm; reproduced courtesy of the Imperial War
Museum 195
13 The demanding assault at Verdun called for the use of new
technology, including flamethrowers; reproduced courtesy
of the Imperial War Museum 213
vi
List of illustrations vii
14 Philippe Petain (center, in the light colored uniform),
Commander of the French forces at Verdun; reproduced
courtesy of the Imperial War Museum 222
15 The assault at Verdun would employ new tactics, including
early stormtroop tactics; both reproduced courtesy of the
Imperial War Museum 233
16 Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (fourth from left),
Commander of the 6th Army, and his Chief of Staff,
Hermann von Kühl (seventh from left) with their staff;
reproduced courtesy of the Imperial War Museum 239
17 German soldiers advancing across the wasteland around
Verdun were vulnerable to French artillery fire causing the
severe attrition of the German army as well as the French 253
18 The remains of one of the forests around Verdun;
reproduced courtesy of the Imperial War Museum 260
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