... from the North and he also discarded the possibility of an invasion through Holland, as Germany wanted to keep the neutrality of Holland as long as possible, which actually saved the Germans from fighting the war against the Dutch as well. The Germans also had miscalculated the competence of the Belgium army, which not only prevented them to go forward and keep their time table as planed, but also allowed Britain to mobilise their troops quickly and stop the Germans from invading France and capturing Paris. In addition to this, General Helmuth without protecting his right wing, weakened it by sending some of his troops to the left wing to stop the advance from the French Army in Alsace-Lorraine and therefore, by sending an entire army to the eastern front to contain the Russia army. Furthermore, the lack of communication between German armies and the failure to ...

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