Rabu, 05 Juli 2017

What We Learned From Tannenberg, 1914

The opening clash between the German and Russian empires in World War I ended in one of history’s most misleading outcomes. Germany’s war plan, accepting a two-front conflict against France and Russia, initially allowed only token forces to defend East Prussia. Russia responded to this opening with a two-pronged drive into that exposed province—one army …

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