O Erro de 50 km que Custou a Vitória da Alemanha em 1914
Grande Guerra
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In September 1914, the Imperial German Army advanced relentlessly through French territory. Following the operational guidelines of the Schlieffen Plan, Kaiser Wilhelm II's troops reached within a mere 30 kilometers of Paris. Total victory on the Western Front seemed a matter of days, and the First World War was poised to end before the end of autumn.
However, an unplanned change of course and a collapse in communication from the German High Command altered the course of the 20th century. General Alexander von Kluck, commander of the First German Army, decided to divert his advance southeast of Paris instead of bypassing the capital to the west. The maneuver created a critical gap of about 50 kilometers between his forces and Karl von Bülow's Second Army.
Exploiting this operational gap, Allied forces under General Joseph Joffre launched the counter-attack known as the Battle of the Marne, forcing the German retreat to the Aisne River and definitively burying the chance of a quick victory in the west.
In this video from the Grande Guerra channel, we analyze in detail the logistics, command decisions, and the 50 km tactical failure that ultimately cost Germany its victory in 1914.
Bibliographical Sources:
HERWIG, Holger H. The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Making of the Modern World. New York: Random House, 2009.
TUCHMAN, Barbara W. The Guns of August. Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 2017.
HASTINGS, Max. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War. Rio de Janeiro: Intrínseca, 2014.
STRACHAN, Hew. The First World War: Volume I: To Arms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
ZUBER, Terence. Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning 1871-1914. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
FOCH, Ferdinand. The Memoirs of Marshal Foch. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931.
'Music by Dark Burden
Link to the composer's YouTube channel:
/@darkburden
#FirstWorldWar #GreatWar #MilitaryHistory #BatalhaDoMarne #PlanoSchlieffen
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O Erro de 50 km que Custou a Vitória da Alemanha em 1914
Grande Guerra
273,727 views
In September 1914, the Imperial German Army advanced relentlessly through French territory. Following the operational guidelines of the Schlieffen Plan, Kaiser Wilhelm II's troops reached within a mere 30 kilometers of Paris. Total victory on the Western Front seemed a matter of days, and the First World War was poised to end before the end of autumn.
However, an unplanned change of course and a collapse in communication from the German High Command altered the course of the 20th century. General Alexander von Kluck, commander of the First German Army, decided to divert his advance southeast of Paris instead of bypassing the capital to the west. The maneuver created a critical gap of about 50 kilometers between his forces and Karl von Bülow's Second Army.
Exploiting this operational gap, Allied forces under General Joseph Joffre launched the counter-attack known as the Battle of the Marne, forcing the German retreat to the Aisne River and definitively burying the chance of a quick victory in the west.
In this video from the Grande Guerra channel, we analyze in detail the logistics, command decisions, and the 50 km tactical failure that ultimately cost Germany its victory in 1914.
Bibliographical Sources:
HERWIG, Holger H. The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Making of the Modern World. New York: Random House, 2009.
TUCHMAN, Barbara W. The Guns of August. Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 2017.
HASTINGS, Max. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War. Rio de Janeiro: Intrínseca, 2014.
STRACHAN, Hew. The First World War: Volume I: To Arms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
ZUBER, Terence. Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning 1871-1914. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
FOCH, Ferdinand. The Memoirs of Marshal Foch. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931.
'Music by Dark Burden
Link to the composer's YouTube channel:
/@darkburden
#FirstWorldWar #GreatWar #MilitaryHistory #BatalhaDoMarne #PlanoSchlieffen