The "Schlieffen" Plan was Germany's stategy to invade France by invading through Germany.
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Germany invaded neutral Belgium in 1914 as part of their military strategy to quickly defeat France by bypassing the heavily fortified French-German border. Germany believed that by invading Belgium, they could gain a tactical advantage and swiftly advance towards Paris.
Britain delcared war on Germany for invading Belgium.
Britain declared war on Germany for invading Belgium.
It was a precaution. Germany needed to know that they weren't falling into a trap, so they took all of the land. I think they were planning on invading them anyways.
When Germany first tried to invade France they sent troops to the German-France border and the France- Belgium border to fight the incoming of the SS