Sentences with phrase «german general staff»

asked an increasingly worried General von Moltke, the chief of the German general staff, as the Kaiser's armies advanced towards Paris in the late summer of 1914 without actually defeating the French army or destroying its weapons.

Later, in the aftermath of the assassination of Archduke Franz - Ferdinand, the German military and its government sent contradictory messages to Austria - Hungary; with the Kaiser and Bethmann pressing for Austria - Hungary to resort to international mediation while Moltke, Chief of the German General Staff, urged speed of mobilization, promising Germany's support.

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Contrary to the opinion of generals and headquarters staffs, frontline combat units heard from local people that German units were preparing for an attack.

Mike served around the world: the DMZ in Korea, defending the German border in the Cold War, commanding an infantry company in Desert Storm with the 1st Armored Division, serving as a European foreign area officer, earning two masters degrees from Indiana University, teaching at West Point and the Command and General Staff College, leading logistics units in Hawaii, and commanding two training battalions after the attacks of 9/11.

John J. Bramble Tone), the sole survivor of a British tank crew, makes his way to a desolate desert town where he is given refuge by a hotel owner (Akim Tamiroff) and a French hambermaid (Baxter) who prepare to receive General Erwin Rommel (Erich Von Stroheim) and his German staff.