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Order No: 26144 Authorised English language translation of Schlieffen’s masterly Convinced that Germany, surrounded by powerful enemies, treatise on the battle of Cannae; the campaigns of Frederick the would have to fight outnumbered and win, Schlieffen believed Great & Napoleon, & the campaigns of 1866 & 1870–1. Complete the key to victory could be discovered in the Battle of Cannae, with an excellent and extensive series of detailed colour maps. Hannibal’s tactical masterpiece. Therefore, Schlieffen ordered This is a truly great 20th century military book. For generations, the historical section of the General Staff to produce a set of historians have considered Schlieffen’s writings to be the “Cannae Studies” that would demonstrate that the principle of foundation of Germany’s military strategy in World War I, double envelopment practised by Hannibal at Cannae was the and have hotly debated the reasons why the plan, as executed, failed. master key to victory in battle. Long after his death, the German General Staff Officers of the Schlieffen’s operational concept collapsed in World Interwar and Second WorldWar period, particularly General War I in the face of logistic realities. But it was his Hans von Seeckt, recognised an intellectual debt to the Schlieffen spiritual heritage which, at the beginning of the World theories during the development of the Blitzkrieg doctrine. War 2, that brought to the German Army its great success. 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