When the First World War in the summer of 1914, French General Joseph Simon Gallieni summoned out of retirement to serve again in the Ministry of War in Paris. Gallieni, who was sixty-five years, is the creator of a method to combat the revolts in the colonial lands of France. Metodanya - clean up one area of enemy troops and adding troops to maintain and expand the areas already cleaned it - remains a practical way around the world between the commanders of the army of occupation.
In August 1914, soon after Galllieni called back, the Germans invaded France through Belgium and march south towards Paris. Most of the French troops, together with British troops who fought in France, beaten back by the German attack. With the majority of Allied troops retreated, it seems Paris will soon be captured by German troops.
The French government raised General Gallieni as military governor of France on August 26, 1914. He was ordered to defend Paris against the German troops and hold them as long as possible, but that was under his command consists only of the troops already stationed in the city of Paris alone. Gallieni sure that the troops are so weak, he will not be able to stand against the German troops.
He sent telegrams to the Marshal Joseph Joffre, the supreme commander of the French army, requested reinforcements from the army who retreated before the German attack. But Joffre, who at that time was seventy-five miles north of Paris, near the town of Amiens, planning to retreat to an area forty miles south of Paris. He thought it necessary to sacrifice to save the land of Paris France, and he was reluctant to send troops into Paris.
On August 30, 1914 when the French government asked how long she can resist the German attack, Gallieni said: "Paris just could not hold back, and you should be prepared to leave Paris as soon as possible." After calling Joffre, Gallieni wrote in his diary: "I got the impression that he thought Paris was sacrificed and did not want his troops surrendered
In August 1914, soon after Galllieni called back, the Germans invaded France through Belgium and march south towards Paris. Most of the French troops, together with British troops who fought in France, beaten back by the German attack. With the majority of Allied troops retreated, it seems Paris will soon be captured by German troops.
The French government raised General Gallieni as military governor of France on August 26, 1914. He was ordered to defend Paris against the German troops and hold them as long as possible, but that was under his command consists only of the troops already stationed in the city of Paris alone. Gallieni sure that the troops are so weak, he will not be able to stand against the German troops.
He sent telegrams to the Marshal Joseph Joffre, the supreme commander of the French army, requested reinforcements from the army who retreated before the German attack. But Joffre, who at that time was seventy-five miles north of Paris, near the town of Amiens, planning to retreat to an area forty miles south of Paris. He thought it necessary to sacrifice to save the land of Paris France, and he was reluctant to send troops into Paris.
On August 30, 1914 when the French government asked how long she can resist the German attack, Gallieni said: "Paris just could not hold back, and you should be prepared to leave Paris as soon as possible." After calling Joffre, Gallieni wrote in his diary: "I got the impression that he thought Paris was sacrificed and did not want his troops surrendered
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