Barbara W. Tuchman Quote
Alexander Guchkov, a subsequent Minister of War, testified that he reached the firm conviction that the war was lost after Tannenberg. The defeat gave new vigor to the pro-German groups who began openly to agitate for withdrawal from the war. Count Witte was convinced the war would ruin Russia, Rasputin that it would destroy the regime.
Barbara W. Tuchman
Alexander Guchkov, a subsequent Minister of War, testified that he reached the firm conviction that the war was lost after Tannenberg. The defeat gave new vigor to the pro-German groups who began openly to agitate for withdrawal from the war. Count Witte was convinced the war would ruin Russia, Rasputin that it would destroy the regime.