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...of victory in a swift offensive in the West, against France, while in the East, the German army was initially to be on the defensive. Russia would be dealt with after France had been delivered a decisive blow. In effect, Schlieffen aimed to turn the inescapable reality that Germany would have to fight a two-front war into two one-front wars which it could hope to win. But for the plan to succeed, Germany would have to ......

...course AA311: Reading political philosophy, from Machiavelli to Mill... Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill An introduction to this album. Machiavelli: Nigel Warburton and Quentin Skinner An in-depth discussion of Machiavelli’s The Prince, including its social, historical and moral context and the book’s continuing relevance to contemporary...

...German soldiers marching home after the Armistice only served to confirm this impression – after all, the war had not been fought on German soil, no news of major defeats had ever reached the German population, and victory had been promised by the Government on many occasions. Deeply frustrated soldiers returned to defeated Germany after the Armistice, unwilling to make...

...German, Italian and Japanese militaries never suspected how much of their traffic was read. The Bletchley workers followed orders to keep mum after the war, too. It was not until 1975 that the UK government relented, giving Group Captain Winterbotham, the RAF intelligence officer who had helped set up ULTRA, permission to tell the truth in his memoirs. The Bletchley...