Documents - Germany at War, 1914-1918: Battle

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1.	Bulletins from the Front I (1914) Newspapers were an important medium for propaganda during the Great War. Written under the watchful eye of the military censor, these reports from the German front lines were invariably positive....
2.	Bulletins from the Front II (1918) Newspapers were an important medium for propaganda during the Great War. Written under the watchful eye of the military censor, these reports from the German front lines were invariably positive....
3.	Soldiers Describe Combat I: Eduard Schmieder (1914-1915) The ebullient emotions in the opening months of the war quickly gave way to a longing for home. The constant fear of death plagued soldiers on the front lines. This soldier’s account of his dream....
4.	Soldiers Describe Combat II: Sophus Lange (1914-1915) Sophus Lange reflects on becoming a soldier. He writes of lofty, unfulfilled expectations that contrast sharply with the monotony and exhaustion that characterized everyday life. The idealized vision....
5.	Soldiers Describe Combat III: Hans Stegemann (1914) This young soldier’s letters suggest the attitude of German infantrymen at the front in the opening months of the war. With the promise of death and annihilation everywhere, Stegemann (1893-1916)....
6.	Soldiers Describe Combat IV: Max Beckmann (1915) As a soldier, the artist Max Beckmann (1884-1950) experienced the First World War near the front....
7.	Soldiers Describe Combat V: Peter Hammerer (1916) The psychological stresses of war affected the fighting ability of as many as 600,000 German soldiers. Here, Peter Hammerer is evaluated by a military court for his apparent psychotic or unlawful....
8.	Erich von Falkenhayn on the Military Situation in Early 1916 Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg’s (1856-1921) notes from a conversation with General Erich....
9.	Erich von Falkenhayn's "Christmas Memorandum" (December 1915) General Falkenhayn (1861-1922) sets the course for what became Germany’s central yet unattainable goal, namely, inflicting so much damage on England that the country would negotiate for an armistice.....
10.	Unrestricted Submarine Warfare (December 22, 1916) This document from Admiral von Holtzendorff (1853-1919) reveals the calculations behind the decision for unrestricted submarine warfare. Above all, the precarious state of world grain markets and....
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