Word: falkenhayn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reach Istanbul against opposition, a German Army, by any route it took, would have to fight its way through mountain passes. One set of passes leads through the mountains of Transylvania into the plain of the lower Danube, the route General von Falkenhayn took when he conquered Rumania in 1916. But the main route to Istanbul leads through Belgrade to Nish and thence through Sofia and down through the rich Bulgarian plain and the Maritsa Valley. From Nish through another pass is a route down the Vardar River to Salonika on the Aegean, a port which would serve...
...famous international journalist calls on the Kaiser, finds him weary, baffled, eager for disinterested advice on the risky plan of General von Falkenhayn, who believes that a tremendous blow at Verdun and Belfort will catch the French napping, end the war. Hindenburg opposes...