HIS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Erich Ludendorff, Ottoman Empire, Sleep Deprivation
21 Apr 2016
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Russian empire is large in 1914, in terms of square km and population: they have lots of potential in raw materials, man power and space. Russian army is badly trained, badly equipped and don"t have a good transport system for their large geographical dimensions. When russia goes to fight, they out number the germans. Germans have a higher morale, are better equipped, under better leadership. Hindenburg and ludendorff (keep them in mind) Germany manages to push back russian advance. France would have fallen quickly if germans had been using their whole force against. France, but because russian was a threat they had to send troops to defend them on the russian front: russia played an important role in slowing down germany and allowing the. French to stop them on the western front. Until french stopped german advance in battle of marne, war unfolded as predicted.
