The March On Paris And The Battle Of The Marne 1914

Author : General Alexander Von Kluck
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892151

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March On Paris And The Battle Of The Marne 1914 by General Alexander Von Kluck Pdf

“Long-out-of-print account of the first weeks of the Great War by Alexander von Kluck, Commander of the German First Army, which fought and lost the decisive Battle of the Marne after clashing with the BEF at Mons and Le Cateau. ...Von Kluck was given the crucial role in 1914 of commanding the German First Army, the ‘fist’ of the famous Schlieffen Plan to knock out France in a lightning six-week campaign. Kluck’s mission was to march through Belgium (bringing Britain into the war), drive through north-east France and scoop up Paris, thus trapping the main French armies between their capital and the Franco-German frontier where the German left-wing was waiting. Kluck did all that was asked of him, but when Schlieffen’s plan left the drawing board and was tested on the battlefield, it began to unravel. Firstly, the British Expeditionary Force arrived in France much faster than the Germans had expected, fighting delaying actions against Kluck at Mons and Le Cateau. Secondly, as he approached Paris, Kluck’s exhausted army began to lose touch with the Second Army of von Bulow to their left. Crucially, Kluck sidestepped westwards to keep in touch with Bulow, thus giving France’s General Joffre the chance to launch the counterstroke attack on his flank that became the Battle of the Marne; a series of engagements which first checked, then reversed, the hitherto victorious German onslaught. Cyril Falls, doyen of Britain’s Great War historians, called Kluck’s book “One of the most interesting and important of German war books’. Written with all the headstrong fierceness which made Kluck famous, this book is one which no student of the Great War will want to miss. It comes complete with maps, an appendix giving the First Army’s Order of Battle, and a frontispiece photograph of the author.”—N&M Press Reprint

Author : Alexander von Kluck
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914
ISBN : 1290952159

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The March on Paris and the Battle of the Marne, 1914 by Alexander von Kluck Pdf

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Author : Alexander von Kluck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914
ISBN : OCLC:529594

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The March on Paris and the Battle of the Marne, 1914 by Alexander von Kluck Pdf

Author : ALEXANDER VON. KLUCK
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033183008

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MARCH ON PARIS AND THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE, 1914 by ALEXANDER VON. KLUCK Pdf

Author : Alexander Von Kluck
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 206 pages
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Release : 2015-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1330546369

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The March on Paris and the Battle of the Marne, 1914 (Classic Reprint) by Alexander Von Kluck Pdf

Excerpt from The March on Paris and the Battle of the Marne, 1914 These limitations seem most necessary in order that the appreciation of the situation as it appeared to the headquarters of the First Army in 1914 may be recorded, unaffected by other influences. With this in view, the more important orders and documents have been re produced verbatim in the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Alexander Von 1846-1934 Kluck,Great Britain Committee of Imperial Def
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1371512531

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MARCH ON PARIS & THE BATTLE OF by Alexander Von 1846-1934 Kluck,Great Britain Committee of Imperial Def Pdf

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Author : generaloberst Kluck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:867884137

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The march on paris and the battle of the marne 1914 by generaloberst Kluck Pdf

Author : Ian Sumner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782002284

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The First Battle of the Marne 1914 by Ian Sumner Pdf

In 1914 the Germans launched an offensive that swept through Belgium and into France, threatening to crush French resistance in one fell swoop. However, through careful maneuvering and stubborn resistance, the French Army, aided by the BEF, blunted the assault, winning an important strategic victory that kept France in the war. This victory ensured that Germany would have to fight a two-front war, and the Western Front descended into the stalemate of trench warfare. One of the most important battles in the First World War, the First Battle of the Marne would be the last battle of maneuver to be seen on the Western Front for several years to come.

Author : Sewell Tappan Tyng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914
ISBN : UCAL:$B743399

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The Campaign of the Marne, 1914 by Sewell Tappan Tyng Pdf

Details the opening campaigns of the First World War on the western front in 1914, the defense of Paris by the French Armies and the British Expeditionary Force, the decisions of the German and French commanders von Kluck and Joffre, and the retreat of the German Army after the battles of the Ourcq, the two Morins, the Aisne and the Marne.

Author : Terry Cudbird
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909930247

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Walking the Retreat by Terry Cudbird Pdf

The opening month of the Great War ending in the Battle of the Marne (6-9 September 1914) was a turning point in modern history. The French and British armies were forced into a long retreat from Belgium but subsequently regrouped to mount a successful counter-attack. However, the miracle of the Marne, as it was later called, ended in the stalemate of the trenches. The failure of the Imperial German Army to achieve a decisive victory led to thirty years of hostility, warfare and destruction, which cost millions of lives. During the retreat to the Marne over a million soldiers marched 20 miles a day carrying 60-lb packs in temperatures above 30 degrees. They were often short of food and only managed short snatches of rest. They fought a series of engagements over two weeks which ended in a battle from the plains of Lorraine to the gates of Paris. This march tested them to the limits of endurance and beyond. In this book Terry Cudbird recreates the experience of the infantry during their gruelling journey. He describes his own August walk from southern Belgium to the battlefield, which followed the exact route taken by a French Lieutenant in the Fifth Army. He draws on a wide range of personal reminiscences, not only French but also British and German. He takes us back to the landscapes of Northern France in 1914 and explains how they have changed since that August one hundred years ago. He also reflects on the soldiers' origins and training, and their morale as they set out. This is not another military history but a unique evocation of the powers of endurance of ordinary soldiers. It will appeal to those interested in the history of the Great War, including readers who want to explore the route of the retreat for themselves.

Author : Michael S. Neiberg
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253003546

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The Second Battle of the Marne by Michael S. Neiberg Pdf

The First Battle of the Marne produced the so-called Miracle of the Marne, when French and British forces stopped the initial German drive on Paris in 1914. Hundreds of thousands of casualties later, with opposing forces still dug into trench lines, the Germans tried again to push their way to Paris and to victory. The Second Battle of the Marne (July 15 to August 9, 1918) marks the point at which the Allied armies stopped the massive German Ludendorff Offensives and turned to offensive operations themselves. The Germans never again came as close to Paris nor resumed the offensive. The battle was one of the first large multinational battles fought by the Allies since the assumption of supreme command by French general Ferdinand Foch. It marks the only time the French, American, and British forces fought together in one battle. A superb account of the bloody events of those fateful days, this book sheds new light on a critically important 20th-century battle.

Author : Douglas Porch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0521545927

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The March to the Marne by Douglas Porch Pdf

An examination of the relationship between the french army and the regime in the Third Republic.

Author : Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Marne 15 July - 6 August 1918 by Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson Pdf

Author : Alexander von Kluck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914
ISBN : 1848326394

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The March on Paris by Alexander von Kluck Pdf

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.

Author : Holger H. Herwig
Publisher : Random House
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588369093

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The Marne, 1914 by Holger H. Herwig Pdf

For the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars and the world. With exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Holger H. Herwig re-creates the dramatic battle and reinterprets Germany’s aggressive “Schlieffen Plan” as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He paints a fresh portrait of the run-up to the Marne and puts in dazzling relief the Battle of the Marne itself: the French resolve to win, and the crucial lack of coordination between Germany’s First and Second Armies. Herwig also provides stunning cameos of all the important players, from Germany’s Chief of General Staff Helmuth von Moltke to his rival, France’s Joseph Joffre. Revelatory and riveting, this is the source on this seminal event.