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War hath no fury like a non-combatant. -- Charles Edward Montague |
Helmuth von Moltke(143 total words in this text)(2194 Reads)  In 1906 Moltke replaced Alfred von Schlieffen as German Army Chief of Staff. Though he maintained his predecessor's war plan, he adapted it to the French military build up in the south. After the outbreak of the First World War Moltke was able to convince a doubtful Kaiser Wilhelm II to follow the Schlieffen Plan. Moltke proved to be indecisive during the invasion of France. Failure to give clear orders during the Battle of the Marne resulted in field commanders ordering a retreat. Wilhelm II was unimpressed with Moltke's performance and he was retired and replaced as German Army Chief of Staff by Erich von Falkenhayn. Helmuth von Moltke died in 1916. |
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1862:
Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
