German High Command

You mean the Dr. Reithinger you hired to head your statistical department. Well, we have evidence that he submitted regular reports to the German high command."... 

To find a more effective means of employing gas on the battlefield, the German High Command turned to Professor Fritz Haber, the world-famous chemist who had developed a crucial process for extracting nitrates from the atmosphere (Nitrogen Fixation). This process was used... 

The German High Command, surprised as its opponents at the success of the new weapon, had no reserves to now exploit its unexpected advantage and possible success. Thus, one of the war s greatest tactical... 

However, the German High Command was not ready for follow-up, in part because they did not trust the weapon. In part, they saw it as a civilian... 

Even though the German High Command allowed the use of gas at Ypres, it apparently doubted its tactical value. It had massed no reserve troops behind the lines to follow up. Allied divisions quickly closed the gap. Nothing came of the attack except agony. 

Perhaps it was just that confidence that the German High Command counted on as they secretly massed troops for an enormous attack, a last desperate effort to break through the Allied front and turn back the conquest of Germany itself. They almost succeeded. 

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