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S8 Ep1165: Nick Lloyd details the pivotal Battle of the Marne, where the German Schlieffen Plan unraveled due to a total collapse of command
Nick Lloyd details the pivotal Battle of the Marne, where the German Schlieffen Plan unraveled due to a total collapse of command and control. As the German First Army under Alexander von Kluck exhausted itself through hundreds of miles of marching, Moltke's distant headquarters in Luxembourg failed to maintain coordination, leading to a fateful decision to wheel southeast of Paris rather than enveloping it. Simultaneously, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) faced near-destruction, prompting a dramatic intervention by Lord Kitchener, who traveled to France to prevent Sir John French from…
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