Selasa, 11 April 2017

Hindenburg and Ludendorff

Germany’s famed command team was the “odd couple” of World War I. In the predawn hours of Au- gust 23, 1914, German General Paul von Hindenburg, recalled from retirement by Kaiser Wilhelm II, stood on the Hanover rail station platform awaiting a special train to take him to his new command, 8th Army in East …

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