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I didn't want to create the impression that no one was at fault, in the opposite, I think, most were at fault, with the main culprits being Germany and Austro-Hungary. But the other nations didn't enter the war reluctantly - to protect Belgium's virtue, so to speak - every nation thought that it could defeat the enemy gloriously after a short struggle, and jumped on this opportunity. And all were wrong.... --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 08:53, 5 June 2016 (EDT)
I didn't want to create the impression that no one was at fault, in the opposite, I think, most were at fault, with the main culprits being Germany and Austro-Hungary. But the other nations didn't enter the war reluctantly - to protect Belgium's virtue, so to speak - every nation thought that it could defeat the enemy gloriously after a short struggle, and jumped on this opportunity. And all were wrong.... --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 08:53, 5 June 2016 (EDT)
===Prussian-German General Staff===
I [http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a249255.pdf. place this link here]. This is well worth the read to serious students of the subject.
The idea of "civilian control" of the armed forces is something entirely alein to German thinking. To this day, the German government ''does not'' control its own military. The German Chief of Staff is the "representive", as this essay points out, to the German government. Strategic planning and decisions are made collectively within the General Staff.
If not for the success of this system - which most all of the world's militaries have copied, it would have been stamped out after WWII. Instead, it was integrted into NATO which are now "partners" in planning and decision making. The German General Staff has been working and seeking "partners" since it overthrew [[Napolean]].
The truth remains, neither the Kings of Prussia, the Kaisers, Hitler, or modern democratic German Chancellors ever were Commanders-in-Chief of the German military ('Commander-in-Chief' as understood in the Anglo-American sense) or had complete unfettered control over the German General Staff. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''#NeverHillary'']]</sup> 20:43, 14 June 2016 (EDT)