Strategists of the Great War. Shishov A.

The book of the famous military historian and writer Alexei Vasilievich Shishov is devoted to four vivid historical personalities - leaders of the First World War. Kaiser Wilhelm II Hohenzollern promoted the flywheel of the Great War, but his imperial plans of conquests were not destined to come true, and he ended his life in a foreign land.

The Supreme Commander -in -Chief of Russia, General of Infantry Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseev, stepped from the Great War to the War of the Civil In order for his ashes to become part of the white emigration, and his name fell into historical oblivion until the end of the 20th century.

Field Marshal Paul von Gindenburg, inspired by successes on the Eastern Front, could not prevent the collapse of Germany. Having become president of Germany, he will be at the origins of World War II, transferring power to A. Hitler.

Marshal Ferdinand Fosh, becoming a loser at the beginning of the First World War, at the end of it became the supreme leader of the Entente and carried a wreath of the winner until the last day of his life.

the personality and fate of the heroes of this book are different, but all of them are the great strategists of the Great War who are worthy of remaining in the memory of the descendants.