MARNE by Blond, Georges ISBN 185375479X
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The story of the Marne battle - where in 1914 the Kaiser's army was forced to retreat from Paris which ushered in the immobility of trench warfare. Georges Blond tells of the fatigue of the armies, the appalling casualties, the huge difficulties in communications, and the agonizing of the generals.
The story starts on August 29th 1914 and ends on September 10th of the same year. It begins with the cry 'The Prussians are coming!' and ends with General Joffre's statement that the 'Battle of the Marne has ended in a decisive victory.' In August 1914 several huge German armies, totalling more than one million men had invaded Northern France through Belgium. Within weeks they were close to Paris. But the German right wing, instead of wheeling to the East of Paris, as the famous Schlieffen plan required, crossed to the West of Paris, exposing its flanks. The counterattack was led from Paris, using the taxi fleet in a famous dash to take soldiers to the front, and thwarted the German plan. The Kaiser's armies retreated and the war soon settled down into the immobility of the trench system. This classic account brings those extraordinary days vividly to life. This is no dry-as-dust military analysis but a riveting blow-by-blow history. The characters of the leading players are vividly painted: the imperturbable French C-in-C, General Joffre; the brave and brilliant military governor of Paris, General Gallieni, who first suggested the brilliant counterstroke that saved Paris; General von Moltke, the reluctant and artistic German C-in-C. The Marne battle was one of the most crucial in the history of warfare and Georges Blond tells the story as if it were happening before our eyes - the fatigue of the armies, the appalling casualties, the huge difficulties in communications, the agonising of the generals.
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[edit] Title
MARNE
[edit] Author
Blond, Georges
[edit] ISBN
185375479X
[edit] Published
11/03/2002
[edit] Publisher
Prion Books Ltd
[edit] Binding
paperback (C format)
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10 (GBP)
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9 (GBP)
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