Donato Colangelo’s Reviews > Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 > Status Update

“The message is entirely characteristic of Conrad’s continuing belief in the ability of willpower to overcome all difficulties”. Here we have, to all effects, the righteous forefather of Hitler’s most famous conviction.

“In any earlier war, such a blow would probably have proved fatal to a nation’s ability to continue fighting. It was a measure of the new territory into which the world’s powers had strayed that even victory on this scale was not enough to allow Germany to achieve a resolution.” We are dealing with some 400k prisoners suffered by the Russians in just one campaign, in less than 2 months. Astonishing numbers.