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The Schlieffen Plan was the result of the work of an entire generation of officers of the German Army's general staff. After Germany became united into a single nation in the 1860s, the French started a war with Germany, and lost. The Germans took the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine from France in the peace settlement. The French burned for revenge for the next forty years. The French thought it a good idea to enter into an alliance with Imperial Russia. This was a very odd alliance - one of Europe's few democracies, allied with its most repressive monarchy. But the Franco-Russian alliance made Germany feel surrounded. With the alliance, for Germany, now a war with either Russia or France meant war with both. Professional military officers in peacetime plan for what might happen should their country go to war. The general staff of the German army was now obliged to plan for a two front war.
Russia was huge, with an immense army, but when Russia went to war it would take six weeks for her to fully mobilize. This involved calling up all reservists, having them assemble at the proper place, get equipped, and onto trains to take them where they were supposed to be to begin fighting. Germany calculated they must beat the French swiftly, in this interval before the Russians were fully mobilized. To do so the Germans arrived at the Schlieffen Plan, to invade France by going through neutral Belgium. This would avoid the French frontier defense forts. The Belgians had refused to allow the French to extend the belt of fortifications northward through Belgium, along the Belgian-German border. After all, the Belgians were neutral, and Belgian neutrality was perpetually assured under an 1837 Treaty between four great powers. Among these had been Prussia. The Prussian kings had become the German emperors with the unification of Germany, and the Treaty was binding on Germany. Nevertheless the Germans cynically planned to violate Belgian neutrality in the event of war with either France or Russia.
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Who wrote the schlieffen plan?
the plan was invented by a count, count Arnold Von Schlieffen
Who thought of the schlieffen plan?
The Schlieffen plan was thought of by Alfred Von Schlieffen It was thought to avoid a two-front war, basically to avoid getting into fights on both sides of Germany
Was the Schlieffen Plan a blitzkrieg?
yes
Who came up with the Schlieffen plan?
The Schlieffen Plan was a battle plan by Germany to secure victory in the event of a war with France and Russia. It was drawn up by Count von Schlieffen in 1905 when he was the German Chief of Staff.
In what year did Germany introduce a plan which included attacking France in the event of a Russian attack on Germany?
In 1905, known as the Schlieffen Plan, the German, Von Schlieffen drew up a plan of action that involved attacking France through Belgium if Russia made an attack on Germany.
Who wrote the schlieffen plan?
the plan was invented by a count, count Arnold Von Schlieffen
In what year was the Schlieffen Plan thought of?
The first version of the Schlieffen Plan was drawn up in 1905.
What was the Germans defensive plan after the Schlieffen plan?
it was to win
What are major events that happen in world war 1?
keywords: von schlieffen plan, race to the sea, battle of the somme
Who thought of the schlieffen plan?
The Schlieffen plan was thought of by Alfred Von Schlieffen It was thought to avoid a two-front war, basically to avoid getting into fights on both sides of Germany
Was the Schlieffen Plan a blitzkrieg?
yes
Who came up with the Schlieffen plan?
The Schlieffen Plan was a battle plan by Germany to secure victory in the event of a war with France and Russia. It was drawn up by Count von Schlieffen in 1905 when he was the German Chief of Staff.
In what year did Germany introduce a plan which included attacking France in the event of a Russian attack on Germany?
In 1905, known as the Schlieffen Plan, the German, Von Schlieffen drew up a plan of action that involved attacking France through Belgium if Russia made an attack on Germany.
What was schlieffen country trying to avoid by implementing the schlieffen plan?
Schlieffen country(germany) was trying to avoid two wars on two fronts
Who changed the schlieffen plan?
Von Moltke
What was the name of the plan Germany had to deal with the FrancoRussian Alliance?
The Schlieffen Plan
What was Germany's plan on to win world war 1?
Schlieffen Plan
