"Starting the First World War Early: The Three Virgins" Topic
1 Post
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Early 20th Century Media Message Board
Areas of InterestWorld War One
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Featured Ruleset
Featured Showcase ArticleMal Wright 's first experience with 1:4800 scale naval models.
Featured Profile Article
Featured Book Review
|
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
Tango01 | 10 Feb 2014 9:40 p.m. PST |
"Two years ago Strange History ran a post on the German who accidentally started WW2 five days too early by invading Poland with something resembling a Third Reich version of the A-Team. However, I've recently come across a story about the German who accidentally started WW1 a day early. The German in question was one Lieutenant Feldmann who crossed at 19.00 1 August into Luxembourg, two days before Germany declared war on France and slapped its own hands (not too convincingly) for temporarily occupying Luxembourg and Belgium. The first thing to say here is that Feldmann and his descendants have absolutely nothing to recriminate themselves for: he was following orders (a line Germans used rather a lot in the twentieth century). An early part of the Schlieffen plan (which involved a hard push towards France, as soon as war began) had Germans seizing control of Luxembourg's railway and before a last minute flurry of telegrams, it had looked like war in the west would start on 1 August, just as war in the east had: Germany declared war on Russia 1 August and on France 3 August. The German army had simply forgotten to tell Feldmann's regiment that the plan was off. On the evening of the first then the 16 Infanterie Division rushed down into Troisvierges (the three virgins) in northern Luxembourg and, as longstanding German plans had required, destroyed railway tracks. Germany's main concern in Luxembourg was that France could not outflank the German armies moving through Belgium
" Full article here. link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
|