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The march on Paris : the memoirs of Alexander Von Kluck, 1914 / Alexander von Kluck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kluck, Alexander von, 1845-1934, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kluck, Alexander von, 1845-1934.
- Kluck, Alexander von.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Frontline Books, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The March on Paris is an account of the opening campaign of the First World War on the Western Front, as experienced by the commander of the German First Army, Alexander von Kluck. Forming the westernmost flank of the great wheeling maneuver through Belgium and Northern France that was at the heart of the Schlieffen Plan, von Kluck's army played a vital role. The first battles fought by the British Expeditionary Force, at Mons and Le Cateua, were agaist the First Army, and it was von Kluck's decisions later in the campaign that were held by many to have resulted in the German defeat on the Marne. This detailed and fascinating account of the campaign that set the future course of the First World War by one of the key players in these momentous events.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction 'A fighting soldier of the old school': General Alexander von Kluck and The March on Paris, by Mark Pottle; Author's Preface; Note on Von Kluck's Military Career; Introductory; Chapter One - Brussels-Antwerp; Chapter Two - Brussels-Somme; Chapter 3 - The Inward Wheel Against the Enemy's Main Forces-Paris-Crossing the Marne; Chapter 4 - The Battle on the Ourcq; Appendix - Order of Battle of the First Army, 1914; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references ([page 135]).
- ISBN:
- 9781783465316
- 178346531X
- 9781783469970
- 1783469978
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