History and chronology of Moltke in Germany

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General

Franco Prussian War
Military
Seven Weeks War
World War, 1st

Events

Battle Gitscin
Battle Konigratz
Battle Marne, 1st
Battle Munchengratz
Battle Nachod
Battle Sedan
Battle Trautenau
Capture Amiens
Capture Antwerp
Capture Holstein
Chief General Staff
Chief Staff
Diplomacy
Dismissal
Invasion France
Invasion Holstein
Invasion Poland
Invasion Russia
Mobilization
Occupation Dresden Prusia
Plan Schlieffen
Quartermaster General
Schlieffen Plan
Siege Antwerp
Siege Nancy
Siege Paris

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Amiens
Antwerp
Berlin
Dresden
Gitschin
Gitscin
Holstein
Konigratz
Marne
Munchengratz
Nachod
Nancy
Paris
River Aisne
Sedan
St Germain
Trautenau

Moltke History of Germany


1857	Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief-of-Staff by Prince Wihelm
1866	Battle of Gitscin
27th June Gitscin The eastern armies & the Army of the Elbe drive back the Austrians
1866	Battle of Konigratz
3rd July Konigratz Prussian victory over Austria
3rd July Konigratz The German Confederation attacks Prussia after its Invasion of Holstein
3rd July Konigratz The Hanoverian army capitulates at Sadowa after the Battle of Konigratz
1866	Battle of Munchengratz
27th June Munchengratz The eastern armies & the Army of the Elbe drive back the Austrians
1866	Battle of Nachod
29th June Nachod The 2nd Army engages the Austrians
1866	Battle of Trautenau
29th June Trautenau The 2nd Army engages the Austrians
1866	Capture of Holstein
8th June Holstein Prussian troops capture Holstein
1866	Invasion of Holstein
7th June Holstein Prussian troops march into Holstein
1866	Mobilization
June Gitschin Moltke's eastern armies converge on Gitschin
1866	Occupation Dresden Prusia
19th June Dresden The Army of the Elbe occupies Dresden
1870	Battle of Sedan
1st Sep Sedan Arrives with 150,000 , travelling 50 miles in 3 days through the Argonne Forest
1st Sep Sedan Commands a hill top over the Meuse valley looking into Sedan 2 miles away
1st Sep Sedan Deputed by William to accept the surrender of the French
1st Sep Sedan French defeat followed by the fall of Paris
1870	Chief of General Staff
Appointed Chief-of-General-Staff
Appointed Chief-of-Staff, right hand man of the Commander-in-Chief, the King
1870	Mobilization
28th July Mobilizes the German forces, uses the same plan against the Austrians in 1866
1870	Siege of Paris
19th Sep St Germain Moltke & the Crown Prince join forces at St-Germain-en-Laye
19th Sep Paris Paris is surrounded, Moltke believes it can be starved out in 6 weeks
1879	Invasion of Russia
To avoid war on two fronts develops a strategy for invading Russia & then France
1903	Quartermaster General
Appointed Quartermaster General
1906	Chief of General Staff
Appointed Chief of the General Staff, nephew of General von Moltke
1914	Battle of Marne, 1st
Marne Carries out the Schlieffen Plan but is defeated at the battle of the Marne
9th Sep River Aisne Establishes a new line of defence & ends hope of a short war
9th Sep River Aisne Orders a retreat of 65 km to the River Aisne
1914	Capture of Amiens
30th Aug Amiens Germany captures Amiens
1914	Capture of Antwerp
9th Oct Antwerp Antwerp surrenders to the Germans
1914	Diplomacy
31st July Berlin Telegrams the Austrian Chief-of-Staff to mobilize at once against the Russians
1914	Dismissal
Marne Carries out the Schlieffen Plan but is defeated at the battle of the Marne
1914	Invasion of France
France will be defeated in 6 weeks then Germany will concentrate on Russia
1914	Invasion of Poland
Launches war on 2 fronts by invading Poland along the "Polish tongue"
1914	Invasion of Russia
France will be defeated in 6 weeks then Germany will concentrate on Russia
1914	Plan Schlieffen
Marne Carries out the Schlieffen Plan but is defeated at the battle of the Marne
1914	Schlieffen Plan
Alters the original right & left wing proportions from 2:1 to 3:1
France will be defeated in 6 weeks then Germany will concentrate on Russia
Launches the Schlieffen Plan but fights on 2 fronts
Makes plans to invade France on 2 fronts mainly through Belgium & then invading Russia
Moves 2 divisions to Alsace-Lorraine & the Russian Front
1914	Siege of Antwerp
29th Sep Antwerp The bombardment of Antwerp begins
1914	Siege of Nancy
8th Sep Nancy Calls off Prince Ruprecht's siege of Nancy