Chief of the Prussian General Staff who turned war into a science of railways, telegraphs, and mission command, winning the wars that forged the German Empire.
"No plan of operations survives the first contact with the enemy's main body."
"First weigh the considerations, then take the risks."
No plan of operations survives the first contact with the enemy's main body.
— Helmuth von Moltke
First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.
