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Hace 3 días · Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War | Reviews in History. Book: Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War. Annika Mombauer. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN: 521791014X. Reviewer: Dr Matthew Seligmann. University College Northampton. Citation:
Hace 5 días · According to Otte, the military links between Berlin and Vienna were subordinated to civilian leadership, and the ‘blank cheque’ issued to Austrian General Chief of Staff Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf from his German counterpart Helmuth von Moltke, which allowed Vienna to resolve its Balkan crisis through force, initially incubated ...
Hace 5 días · Helmuth von Moltke here examines Franco-German relations from the fall of the Roman Empire to undercut narratives then emanating from France. Holland and Belgium in their Mutual Relations was published in a brochure format in 1831, while he was working in the topographical section of the General Staff and following his reaching the rank of second lieutenant.
Hace 4 días · The famed strategist Helmuth von Moltke once said that “no plan survives contact with the enemy”, and this is as true of politics as war. Even if a party goes into a campaign with a carefully prepared grid (and there’s little sign of that), over six weeks it will be at the mercy of both the other side and, even less predictably, outside events.
Hace 4 días · All he had to do was turn a deployment plan over his successor, Helmuth von Moltke, who seems to have done very little with it for the next four years. Why is this plan so well remembered today? A major factor was Schlieffen's curious attitude toward operational security.
Hace 5 días · It remains important for civilians and officers at our professional military institutions to study and understand the strategic aspects of Thucydides, Niccolò Machiavelli, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Carl von Clausewitz, Helmuth von Moltke, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Giulio Douhet, William “Billy” Mitchell, and emerging theorists for the ...
Hace 2 días · Schlieffen recommended him as Chief of the General Staff in 1909, but he lost out to Helmuth von Moltke. He retired in 1911 "to make way for younger men". He had been in the army for 46 years, including 14 years in General Staff positions. During his career, Hindenburg did not have political ambitions and remained a staunch monarchist.
