In November 1914 it became clear to Germany's leaders that they had failed to achieve a decisive victory in the first phase of the war. The transformation of the war in the West and in the East into a one-front engagement was, according to Falkenhayn, the Chief of the General Staff, the shortest way to victory. It could be effected only if Germany concluded peace with one of the principal partners of the Entente...

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