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How many troops did Helmuth von Moltke deploy at the beginning of the Franco-German War?
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Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
At the beginning of the Franco-German War in July 1870, Helmuth von Moltke deployed approximately 384,000 men organized into three armies.1