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and so rapidly that they become fatigued by the pace of their march,
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and also problems with communications.
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And, indeed, the army-- the army is commanded by a
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forgettable guy called Kluck-- is spread too thinly across a wide
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front, and that thinness made more serious
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by the departure of troops to fight in Alsace,
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and also by troops still left in chasing down and rounding up the
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Belgian forces in Belgium.
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But he sends four divisions to Russia, also, because the Russians
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have advanced far more rapidly than he thought was ever possible.
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And, so, one of the things that the German High Command does is instead
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of going all the way this way, they turn down south and then