War Diaries and Other Papers - Volume 2.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmann, Max.

Series:

War Diaries and Other Papers

War Diaries and Other Papers ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War.

World War, 1914-1918--Germany .

Local Subjects:

War.

World War, 1914-1918--Germany .

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Andrews UK, 2012.

Summary:

Volume 2 of 2.Max Hoffmann was Chief of Staff to Von Prittwitz, the aristocratic General charged with defending Germany's East Prussian heartland at the outbreak of the Great War. Prittwitz was as inept as his name suggests, and when the Russians steamrollered west far faster than the Germans had expected, he panicked and sought permission to retreat behind the River Vistula. But Hoffman kept his head and conceived a bold scheme to attack and annihilate the Russian advance. This was the operational plan that was already being put into effect when the dynamic duo of Hindenburg and Ludendorff ar

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Frontispiece ""; ""Body Matter ""; ""The War of Lost Opportunities ""; ""Chapter I ""; ""Chapter II ""; ""Chapter III ""; ""Chapter IV ""; ""Chapter V ""; ""Chapter VI ""; ""Chapter VII ""; ""Chapter VIII ""; ""Chapter IX ""; ""Chapter X ""; ""Chapter XI ""; ""Chapter XII ""; ""Chapter XIII ""; ""Chapter XIV ""; ""Chapter XV ""; ""Chapter XVI ""; ""Chapter XVII ""; ""Chapter XVIII ""; ""Chapter XIX ""; ""The Truth About Tannenberg ""; ""Chapter I ""; ""Chapter II ""; ""Chapter III ""; ""Chapter IV ""; ""Chapter V ""

""Chapter VI """"Chapter VII ""; ""Chapter VIII ""; ""Chapter IX ""; ""Chapter X ""; ""Chapter XI ""; ""Chapter XII ""; ""Chapter XIII ""; ""Chapter XIV ""; ""Chapter XV ""; ""Chapter XVI ""; ""Chapter XVII ""; ""Chapter XVIII ""; ""The Spring Offensive of 1918 ""; ""Bolshevism ""; ""Moscow, the Root of All Evil ""; ""Back Matter ""; ""Map of East Prussia ""; ""Index ""

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ISBN:

9781847342263

1847342264

OCLC:

778340002