Military Life and Training-5- Army Corps Training Centers (Truppenübungsplätze) and Firing Ranges

Army Corps Training Centers (Truppenübungsplätze) and Firing Ranges Many, but not all, corps had a field-training center maintained by the corps. Of the 25 army corps, all but four of them…

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PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XIV: Alexander von Kluck …and the failure of the German Army at the Marne *** BY SPECIAL REQUEST ***

PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XIV: Alexander von Kluck…and the failure of the German Army at the Marne*** BY SPECIAL REQUEST ***Alexander Heinrich Rudolf von Kluck was born in Munster, Westphalia on May…

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