136: The German Spring Offensive’s End, or The Second Battle of the Marne
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The Death of the Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Allies' end-mount counter-offensive is now forcing the Germans to withdraw from the greatest gain of their spring offensive, the end-martins salient. With a heavy heart, General Erich Ludendorff admits this to Colonel Melz von Kjärenheim on July 22nd. But the harder admission of failure falls to Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. The Kaiser's dreams are haunted by visions of his English and Russian relatives, all the ministers and generals of his own reign, marching past and mocking him.
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