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Elite 97: The Kaiser's Warlords

By Patrice Courcelle , Ronald Pawly

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2003
ISBN
1841765589, 9781841765587
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3174042 bytes)
Pages
64\66
Time added
2013-12-18 00:57:47

Description

Osprey's study of the German commanders of World War I (1914-1918). The turn of the 20th century saw Imperial Germany as essentially a militarist state, whose growing industrial resources and wealth were harnessed to the task of increasing German military power, at a time of aggressive expansionist diplomacy in competition with Britain and France. After her victories over Austria in the 1860s and France in 1870, Germany's General Staff enjoyed tremendous professional prestige throughout Europe, and was the model for all aspects of command and control. The German army was essentially that of Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony with smaller contingents from the lesser states. Its generals were the men who planned, initiated, and to a large extent controlled the course of World War I.

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