It turns out that the German Army Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke was eager for war in the summer of 1914. As historian David Fromkin shows in his recent book Europe's Last Summer , von Moltke feared that Russia was gaining too much industrial strength, and that in a few years Russia could withstand a war with Germany.
结论是，德国陆军参谋长赫尔穆特·冯·毛奇（Helmuth von Moltke） 在1914年的夏天热切地渴望一场战争。就象历史学家戴维·弗罗姆金（David Fromkin）在他的新书《欧洲的最后一个夏天》里说的，毛奇害怕俄罗斯的工业实力过于强大，在今后的几年时间里可以在战争中与德国抗衡。 因此毛奇想在德国难以取得胜利这一天来临之前，趁早先侵略并打败俄罗斯。