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The Schlieffen Plan plan was pioneered by Germany. It was intended to reduce the chances of fighting two wars at the same time (Russia, and England/France).

The plan was to march through Belgium and capture France, then to capture the French fortress towns and get through to the east of Germany. The plan relied on Russia taking more then 6 weeks to prep. there armies. It also relied on Belgium allowing the Germans through. Unfortunately none of these factors actually happened, so when the German army reached France (after a long and slow battle through Belgium) they were forced to dig in. After this, the plan was to try and capture Paris.

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