World War I and World War II were provoked by Germany, Hitler led by Nazi Germany is also impressed by many people, since there is a war there will be prisoners of war, during World War II, Japan and the Soviet Union attitude towards prisoners of war can be described as very cruel, but today is not about Japanese and Soviet prisoners of war, but German prisoners of war.
After the official outbreak of The First World War, on August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia on the grounds of its mobilization for war, and two days later, Germany declared war on France on the grounds that it did not accept the "neutral" conditions it proposed.
At the beginning of the war, Germany was always "confused and confident", and at the same time declared war on Russia and France, which was formulated by schlieffen, the former chief of the general staff of Germany, in 1905, Germany first concentrated its powerful forces on the western front, surrounded the French army from the flanks, and then defeated France quickly, and then advanced east to deal with Russia, but the plan was good, and the reality often had more risks.
France had been seeking revenge since the end of the Franco-Prussian War, and from 1872 onwards had produced nearly 20 war plans against Germany. At the Battle of the Marne, the Germans concentrated 7 divisions on the Western Front, and although the Germans had the upper hand in other areas, the 1st and 2nd Armies left a bitter experience, and the German Chief of the General Staff, Moltke Jr., stopped the full-line attack and withdrew to the line from Nouyon to Verdun.
The Battle of the Marne ended with a failed German loss of 220,000 men, but the Anglo-French casualties were 263,000, and the Germans captured a number of British soldiers and officers, including a 29-year-old British Army captain, Robert Campbell.
At that time, germany treated prisoners fairly well, and Robert Campbell even received a letter from his hometown, so that he learned that his mother was seriously ill, and I was afraid that time was running out, and her mother hoped to see Robert for the last time, but Robert was only a prisoner of war at this time, and his actions were not at all good.
Robert was in a hurry, but what was the way to go back to see his mother? Robert decided to write a letter to King Wilhelm II of Germany, saying that he only wanted to go back to see his sick mother, and would come back after seeing her mother, and Robert did not have much hope after handing the letter out, which seemed ridiculous, but Robert still had a longing in his heart.
As a result, Robert got a reply, Wilhelm II allowed him to go back to see his mother, and two weeks later to return to the prisoner of war camp, so Robert left, many German troops and prisoners of war thought that Robert would definitely not come back, he had the opportunity to leave, why should he come back?
However, to the surprise of many people, Robert returned to the prisoner of war camp on time after a week of accompanying his mother, and when his companion asked him why, Robert said: "I have seen my mother and have no regrets in my heart, and he came back because he was a samurai, and he would not violate his sense of responsibility and honor." ”
However, robert returned to the prisoner of war camp and led his companions to escape, which was his desire for freedom, but he did not succeed, but waited until the end of the First World War before being released.