Germany's strategy to quickly defeat France before Russia could mobilize was encapsulated in the Schlieffen Plan. This plan involved a rapid invasion through Belgium to encircle and capture Paris, thereby forcing France to surrender within a matter of weeks. The aim was to avoid a prolonged two-front war by eliminating France quickly, allowing Germany to then concentrate its forces against Russia. The execution of the plan in 1914 ultimately failed, leading to a protracted stalemate on the Western Front.
Germany employed the military strategy of the Schlieffen Plan to effectively mobilize against both France and Russia simultaneously during a time of conflict. This plan involved quickly defeating France in the west before turning east to face Russia, aiming to avoid a two-front war.
Germany needed to defeat France on the Western front before Russia could prepare to attack on the Eastern front. in addition, by defeating France, it would France's military from the war and push the forces of England out of Europe.
Serbia will be defended by Russia. If Russia mobilises, this brings the German warplan into play, and they must mobilise too. Since the German plan assumes beating France before fighting Russia, the assumption of Russian mobilisation brings France into the war; and since France and Great Britain are linked by an Entente this makes the conflict a global World War.
No, Before the German attack on Russia it was not in WW2.
Germany needed to defeat France on the Western front before Russia could prepare to attack on the Eastern front. in addition, by defeating France, it would France's military from the war and push the forces of England out of Europe.
the German plans to invade France through belgium and overwhelm them before russia mobilized on the eastern front (used in world war one)
Great Britian, France, and Russia
In a word: No. Before WWI, Germany had devised a plan to combat the Triple Entente of Britain, France, and Russia. Their plan was called the Schlieffen Plan, after its major architecht. The plan called for a push through Belgium and Luxembourg into northern France, to knock them out of the war quickly. Then, they could focus on Russia alone. In the end, it was Russia who was knocked out of the war first.
Quickly defeating France was a key element of Germany's military strategy before World War I primarily due to the fear of a two-front war. The Schlieffen Plan aimed for a rapid victory over France to avoid prolonged conflict, allowing Germany to then redirect its forces to the east against Russia. This strategy hinged on swift movement and decisive action, as Germany's military planners believed that a quick defeat of France would prevent British intervention and secure Germany's dominance in Europe.
You could say it was the assassination of the Archdule Franz Ferdinand. Strictly, it was the mobilisation of Russia in support of Serbia, which put-out the German plan. This had depended on knocking-out France before turning on Russia. Now Russia needed attacking first, so Germany had to invade France via Belgium, whose neutrality had been guaranteed by Britain.
Russia was an Axis country when the Axis powers attacked the Allied nation of France. The Russians were working with Germany.
In the 1870's Russia and France made an alliance. When Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Furdinan of Austria-hungry made Kaiser Wilhem II (German leader) very angry. Germany and Austria decided they needed to punish Serbia (origin of Gavrilo Princip). Russia, serbias main allie sent troops to the Russian-German border threatening to attack if they attack Serbia. Well since France had Russia's back and Russia had France's back ever since the 1870's France sent troops to there forts near the German border. Germany declares war on Serbia, Russia, and France starting WW1 or The Great War as they called it. And Germany did not start WW1 they just did the last step. The old empires of Europe were starting to tick each other off so the assasinatoin of Franz Furdinan was the last step. 2nd improved answer: The German Plan to fight the Russians & French on two fronts was for Germany to start the war against France first with a quick invasion & defeat of France. Then Germany would be free to attack Russia before they were completely mobilized. Russia was historically slow to mobilize, whereas France mobilized faster. That was the reason for the attack on France first. The real problem for Germany was that the strategy required Germany to disregard possible diplomatic efforts to avoid war, because they took time, instead forcing Germany to start the war as early as possible (August 1914). This clearly made Germany the aggressor against France and Belgium (a neutral). The invasion of Belgium brought in the British to the war. The German unrestricted submarine warfare against Britain caused the United States to enter the war against Germany in April 1917.