“If ever there was a German who foresaw nothing but defeat and punishment for his native land, even in the days when the great majority of his fellow-countrymen were mad with anticipation of victory and world domination, it was Helmuth von Moltke (1848 – 1916).”
“But our eyes were turned toward England as if hypnotized, and when she declared against us at the very outset of the war we stood alone with Austria, and with no prospect of obtaining any other ally, against the superior strength of our enemies.”
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The Memories, Letters, and Documents of Moltke the Younger
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