Erkut Ayvaz. France and Germany are at odds over several issues and the NATO Leaders meeting next week has the potential to heavily influence the future course of Franco-German relations.
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In August , as the great powers of Europe readied their armies and navies for a fight, no one was preparing for a long struggle—both sides were counting on a short, decisive conflict that would end in their favor. Even though some military leaders, including German Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke and his French counterpart, Joseph Joffre , foresaw a longer conflict, they did not modify their war strategy to prepare for that eventuality.
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