How the Schlieffen Plan was supposed to work.

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How the Schlieffen Plan was supposed to work.

     Germany thought that war with Russia was very likely in 1914 and Germany thought that if the war did break out then France would attack Germany as well as she was both an ally of Russia and wanted the defeat in her Franco-Prussian war.

Germany wanted to avoid this as they would have a war on two fronts and Germany wanted to avoid this as much as they could.Germany planned to defeat France rapidly and turn to the eastern front for a major offensive on Russia.

     The basis outline of the Schlieffen Plan was to defeat France in a time of six weeks. To defeat France they was to, at high speed invade through Belgium.

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Next the German armies would be able to fight the Russians who were towards the east. For the German armies to be able to fight against Russia, they had to get to Paris and defeat France within the six weeks they had planned. When they had defeated France they could send all their troops to fight against the Russians. After this this Germans had not thought through properly about the German soldiers and how they were coping. Many were extremely tired and some starving. This slowed them down and eventually Germany were invaded by the Russians as they had mobilised ...

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