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re: Declaring war on Russia wasn't the stupid mistake.
steve — (archived)

The vast spaces of Russia would have blunted and absorbed any major German effort in 1914-1915. Remember that after 1914, the German center of attention shifted to the Eastern Front. Until the German "Peace Ofensives" of 1918, the only major offensive the Germans launched in the West was at Verdun, Feb. 1916. While the Germans did achieve great sucess in East Prussia and Polnad in 1914-1915, what I refer to as the Hidenburg in Poland period, once they advanced out of the Grand Duchy of Poland, the Germans losses skyrocketed and their adnvance slowed. They believed they could only achieve a quick, desicive victory in the West. The Germans underestimated the physical reality of the Von Schellifen plan. That is, their armed forces would have to march over 100 miles and then fight the decsiive battles, and not fight the decisive battles and march 100 miles

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