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28 de may. de 2024 · Overview of the Battle of Verdun, 1916. See all videos for this article. German Gen. Erich von Falkenhayn believed that the war would be won or lost in France, and he felt that a strategy of attrition was Germany’s best hope of achieving its goals.
Hace 6 días · The Chief of the German General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, intended to split the British and French alliance in 1916 and end the war, before the Central Powers were crushed by Allied material superiority.
1 de jun. de 2024 · Some of the criticism of the Supreme Army Command, especially against Helmuth von Moltke and Erich von Falkenhayn, was officially admitted, which relieved their successors, Hindenburg and Ludendorff, of their responsibility.
Hace 5 días · According to his memoirs written after the war, the Chief of the German General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, believed that although victory might no longer be achieved by a decisive battle, the French army could still be defeated if it suffered a sufficient number of casualties.
23 de may. de 2024 · In this presentation, Holger Afflerbach starts with Falkenhayn's statement from autumn 1914 that "we were all blind" because we had not understood the lesson...
23 de may. de 2024 · Pero allí quedaron frenados por las impenetrables defensas de Gaza y la indómita resistencia de los turcos, mandados por generales de la talla de Mustafá Kemal y el alemán Erich von Falkenhayn.
27 de may. de 2024 · As German General Erich von Falkenhayn famously stated, his goal was to "bleed France white" by forcing them to defend Verdun at all costs. The French, under the leadership of General Philippe Pétain, were determined to hold Verdun at any cost.
