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Famous Last Words – The Dying Utterances of 11 Well-Known Military Commanders
Published Date: 21 July, 2014
“Whether they’re fact or fiction, last words such as these are the stuff of legend in the annals of military history.” ALFRED GRAF VON SCHLIEFFEN WAS 79 YEARS OLD when he died in 1913. The Prussian-born career soldier, who…