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How was the Schlieffen Plan meant to work?
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How was the Schlieffen Plan meant to work? The Schlieffen plan was created by Count Alfred von Schlieffen, who was the Chief of the General staff in the German army. There are a number of different aspects of the Schlieffen plan, but all were aimed at defeating France as quick as possible, preferable in under 10 weeks. The Germans believed this was possible because they defeated France in Alsace and Lorraine in the 1870's. The first aspect of the Schlieffen plan was that it was a war on two fronts. The general staff thought it would be possible to fight Russia and France at the same time as Russia would take a long to mobilise it self because it is such a vast country. So the Staff wanted a quick and easy victory in France so they could turn there attentions east towards Russia. The second aspect of the Schlieffen was to use...
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