Alfred von Waldersee
German general
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military strategy in World War I
- In World War I: The Schlieffen Plan
His immediate successor, Alfred von Waldersee, also believed in staying on the defensive in the west. Alfred, Graf von Schlieffen, who served as chief of the German general staff from 1891 to 1905, took a contrary view, and it was the plan he developed that was to guide…
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succession of Moltke
- In Helmuth von Moltke: Last years
…chosen his own immediate successor, Alfred von Waldersee.
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