On a knife edge : how Germany lost the First World War

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"On 31 July 1914, following the German government's announcement of an 'imminent threat of war' and the issue of the German ultimatum to Russia, the Bavarian General von Wenninger dashed across Berlin to the War Ministry. The officers he found there were not in a despondent mood, but rather a cheerful one: 'Beaming faces everywhere, handshakes in the corridors, each man congratulating the next that things are finally on the move. Rumours about th...

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Germany History 1918-1933

World War, 1914-1918 Germany

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Cambridge military histories

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ISBN:

9781108965866
9781108832885

Description:

xiii, 557 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

How Germany lost the First World War

Notes:

"This is a translated publication of Auf Messers Schneide: Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg verlor, written in German by Holger Afflerbach and published by C.H. Beck in 2018 (ISBN 9783406719691)."
Includes bibliographical references

Control Number:

3218083

Other Authors:

Buckley, Anne, 1967- translator
Summers, Caroline, translator
translation of: Afflerbach, Holger. Auf Messers Schneide. English

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