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Moltke’s Projects for the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria
Moltke’s Projects for the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria
Moltke’s Projects for the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria
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Originally published in 1907, this is the translation by the British Army War Office of Field Marshal Moltke’s military papers relating to the war of 1866 (first published in their original German in 1896).

“A NEW light was thrown upon the campaign of 1864 by the publication, in 1892, of Moltke’s military correspondence during that war—a volume which revealed, as nothing published before it had done, the brilliant abilities and resolute character of the Prussian general. That delightful volume was followed, in 1896, by the publication of a selection from Moltke’s military papers relating to the war of 1866...They are divided into four parts, collected under the headings of preparation, mobilization, and deployment, the actual operations, the truce and peace. The chief interest of these disclosures lies in the first part, for it is the arrangements for the first deployment and subsequent concentration of the Prussian Army that have formed the principal subject of controversy in regard to this campaign. Moreover, since the construction of railways, the great importance which always in every campaign has attached to the opening has been, if anything, increased. The opening is usually arranged with a deliberation impossible in the subsequent stages of the action. It is the part of the game which admits of the completest study beforehand, and it is the part in which for this campaign abundant evidence is now given. Moltke’s colleagues of the Staff have told us since his death that they were much impressed by his habitual effort to think things out, and that he used in this process to assist himself by putting his thoughts on paper and rewriting his analysis or his argument again and again until he found it satisfactory.”
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Release dateJan 23, 2017
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Moltke’s Projects for the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria
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Field Marshal Graf Helmuth von Moltke

HELMUTH KARL BERNHARD GRAF VON MOLTKE (26 October 1800 - 24 April 1891, Berlin) was the chief of the Prussian and German General Staff for thirty years and the architect of the victories over Denmark (1864), Austria (1866), and France (1871). He is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field. He was also a prolific writer and widely considered to be among the masters of 19th-century German prose. Born the son of the Danish Generalleutnant Friedrich Philipp Victor von Moltke (1768-1845) in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Moltke completed his education with the Royal Cadet Corps in Copenhagen and joined a Danish infantry regiment. He transferred to the Prussian Army in 1821 and became second lieutenant in the Prussian Life Guards in 1822. In 1832 Moltke joined the Prussian General Staff and was promoted to first lieutenant a year later. In 1835 he was sent to Turkey to advise Sultan Mahmud II on the modernization of the Turkish Army and entered the Turkish service in 1836. He went to Armenia in 1838 and returned to Germany at the end of 1839, re-entering the Prussian service. In 1845 Moltke was appointed personal aide-de-camp to the invalid prince Henry of Prussia (1781-1846), then personal aide-de-camp to Prince Frederick William, the future king of Prussia and German emperor (Frederick III), in 1855. In 1858 Moltke was confirmed as chief of the Prussian General Staff, and thus began the era of the great triumvirate—Otto von Bismarck (chancellor), Moltke, and Albrecht von Roon (1803-79; minister of war from 1859)—that within 13 years was to change the map of Europe. On proclamation of a new German Empire on January 18, 1871, Moltke was created Graf (count) that October and appointed field marshal in June 1871, after the peace treaty. He was chief of the General Staff for 17 more years and, on resigning office in 1888, retired to Kreisau. He died during a visit to Berlin in 1891.

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