How was Schlieffen Plan meant to work?

        They were planning that they would locate one eighth of their elite army at the front line in Alsace Lorraine so they can held the French back as the remaining of the army would swiftly mobilize around Austria Hungary and attack from Belgium and straight into the northern part of France like a wing attack and takes control of the channel ports and forces the French to surrender within 40 to 50 days. So if the plan sticks with the plan, the attack would start off at Alsace Lorraine and attack smoothly around as they mobilize into Belgium and to the northern part of France like a round circle and finally end up trapping and surrounding the French soldiers in Paris. In order to succeed this plan, the German troops would have to force and march through Belgium, and Belgium was a neutral country which were decided and signed by all the European powers in the treaty of agreement during 1839. Germany had interfered with the neutrality of Belgium and had broken the rules of the treaty which was shown as disrespectful and offensive to other countries. If the Germans forced to mobilize into Belgium, Britain will be willing to join the war with France eagerly against Germany because they would not tolerate and allow Germany having the control of Belgium. They would not allow this happen because if Germany does take Belgium over, their empire would extend to a bigger area with more resources, they will be stronger and the empire would be nearer to Britain and France which would create a bigger threat to their safety and their country.

        But the Germany general’s staff claims their army has to attack France through Belgium in order to have their success. If they take a direct cut and attack France directly over the Franco-German frontier and straight into Paris, they would have to encounter the French’s heavily fortified defensive line which would give them a result of delaying their fast victory over France and would not be quick enough to swift back to the eastern front for the Russians. The Germans had saved this plan as a secret attack tactic for themselves, they suggested that this plan would not be executed if the countries had all declared war because it would not be as powerful as it would have been planned for. They would only do it when the countries are mobilizing because as they move, they would not be as ready and geared up as they normally trained to be. Once this plan is fully scheduled and executed, the Germany troops would hurl around Belgium and into France. But for their safety and privacy on this plan, the main details were never mentioned and were kept as a highly confidential secret. To maintain their advantages of timing and surprise on this plan, William II “The Kaiser” and his ministers had never officially approved the war plan details in public.