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Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
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1914
August
02
Moltke becomes Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army
On 2 August 1914 General Helmuth von Moltke, Chief of the Great General Staff since 1906, took charge of the staff of Germany's field army.
September
09
Key event
Germans retreat from the Marne
On 9 September 1914 the German 1st and 2nd Armies began to retreat from the Marne, sealed by Moltke's envoy Hentsch. The plan for a quick victory failed.
14
Falkenhayn replaces Moltke
On 14 September 1914 Helmuth von Moltke, broken by defeat on the Marne, was removed from command. Erich von Falkenhayn took over direction of the German army.