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The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World

By Herwig , Holger H

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Random House
Year
2009
ISBN
9781588369093, 1588369099
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7169050 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1914;HISTORY -- Military -- World War I;HISTORY --1st Battle of theFranceHISTORY--Europe--Western;HISTORY--Military--World

Description

It is one of the essential events of military history, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars. This is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, giving, for the first time, all sides of the story. Military historian Holger H. Herwig reinterprets Germany's aggressive Schlieffen Plan as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He also provides cameos of the important players. In remarkable detail, and with exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Herwig re-creates the dramatic battle, revealing how the uncoordinated German forces were foiled and years of brutal trench warfare were made inevitable.--From publisher description.

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