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I was watching a programme about Tannenburg, the commentator was giving a synopsis of Hindenburgs military career, he commented that Schlieffen had been due to retire in 1904, and that Hindenburg had been due to replace Schlieffen. However beating the Kaiser in a war game prevented this. Is this nonsense or is there some truth to it. I cant find anything backing the assertion up.

If its true then it begs the
What if Hindenburg had replaced Schlieffen, as i understand it, he was sympathetic to the defend against France and defeat Russia first strategy.
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