Armies – German 1914

Falkenhayn Mobilizations

Post author:joerookery
Post published:July 12, 2020
Post category:Armies Army in general August 1914

As not a single person gave me a hint of what they wanted I am doing a subject that always fascinated me. This was heavily foot noted and attributed to…

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

Post author:joerookery
Post published:April 6, 2020
Post category:Armies August 1914 Officers PEEBLES PROFILES

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…

How big was First Army?

Post author:joerookery
Post published:July 20, 2019
Post category:Armies

How big was first Army? Figures from theBritish official history (James Edmonds, British Official History, vol.1.(London: McMillan, 1922), 42.) quoted German official accounts as: First Army, 320,000 and Second Army,…