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No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy. - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
" "No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
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About Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (26 October 1800 – 24 April 1891) was Chief of Staff of the Prussian General Staff from 1857 to 1871 and then of the Great General Staff (GGS) from 1871 to 1888. He was an architect of Germany's Wars of Unification (1864–71). He is often referred to as Moltke the Elder to distinguish him from his nephew, Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke.
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Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke
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Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke
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H. K. B. von Moltke
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Count von Moltke
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Count Helmuth von Moltke
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The tactical result of an engagement forms the base for new strategic decisions because victory or defeat in a battle changes the situation to such a degree that no human acumen is able to see beyond the first battle. In this sense one should understand Napoleon's saying: "I have never had a plan of operations." Therefore no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force.
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