Quote of the day
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
Alfred von Schlieffen
Born: February 28, 1833
Died: January 4, 1913 (aged 79)
Bio: Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, mostly called Count Schlieffen was a German field marshal and strategist who served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906.