The systematic taking and killing hostages of the Belgians by the German army in 1914 was but an application of Clausewitz's maxim that terror can shorten the war.
They in fact practiced it after Sedan against French civilians in 1870. The dark side of "the most industrious, earnest, best educated race" had already been laid bare.
"If there has to be a choice between disorder and injustice,
the German prefers injustice"
- Goethe
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