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German General Staff
The German General Staff was the planning body of the Prussian and German army. Famous for its professionalism, it planned the wars of German unification and prepared the war plans of the German Empire, including the Schlieffen Plan used in 1914.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). German General Staff. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/german-general-staff
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