The plan involved the German army dividing in two. Firstly the Southern army‚ who were much smaller‚ were to fight France first invading from their French/German boarder. Secondly‚ a much larger Northern army were to await orders higher up on the Belgium border. The Northern army was ten times the size of the Southern army and made up of 1.3 million soldiers. There was an important reason as to why the Southern army was so much smaller. They needed to not be threatening or a tough battle for the French
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France‚ this was known as The Two Front War. German’s would have to move quickly through Belgium in order for this Plan to work. After they defeated France‚ the rest of the German troops would move back and invade Russia. On August 3‚ 1914 Germany declared war on France‚ and around the same time they also demanded the right of German troops to pass through Belgium during the execution of the Schlieffen Plan. Belgium was a neutral territory‚
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million Currency: euro Listen to the official EU languages:German ‚ French ‚ Dutch Brussels hosts several international organisations: most of the European institutions are located here as well as the NATO headquarters. Independent since 1830‚ Belgium is a constitutional monarchy. The two houses of Parliament are the Chamber of Representatives‚ whose members are elected for a maximum period of four years‚ and the Senate or upper house‚ whose members are elected or co-opted. Given its political
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Affair. An initial analysis would result in a rapid condemnation of the Belgium government‚ yet with a little insight‚ it is easy to see why the mistake was made. The Mechelen Affair revolved around the crash landing of an aero plane flown by German aviator Major Erich Hoenmanns. After the major had reportedly gotten lost‚ he inadvertently cut the fuel supply to his engine and had to crash land his plane in neutral Belgium. The problem arose with the fact that he was carrying a very important
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the battlefield. The Schlieffen Plan was centered around the idea that Germany intended on fighting a two-front war. Seeing that the Schlieffen plan was constructed on a two front war‚ Germany declared war on Russia and France insisting that Belgium grant them access to travel. While a large amount of the German army would invade France‚ a small amount of troops were stationed against Russia. Although Because the Russian troops would mobilize faster than expected‚ he German Supreme Commander
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a stalemate develop on the Western Front? Stalemate during war is when no action can be taken or progress made. The Stalemate on the Western front‚ a line of trenches stretching from the Swiss Alps all the way across France to Nieuwpoort in Belgium‚ was a dilemma that was not foreseen by either the allies or Germany. Originally it had been predicted that the war would be over after a quick and decisive battle‚ this perception was quickly diminished once the war had begun. No one reason explains
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The First World War was a devastating war that effected many places and also very many lives. Because of the effects of the war people were determined to search for the country that was to blame for all the disaster created. The outbreak was contingent on a determining number of factors. These factors included nationalism that was being spread throughout Europe during the time before World War I had started and the alliance system. Although Germany was not all to blame for the outbreak of World War
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to take france by surprise by german attack coming from north instead of the metz area of Germany. Germany was to go through Belgium and then sweep around paris – which would surrender. Vardun = attacked = surrender. After france = beaten‚ germant would beat estern front] Russia mobilises quicker than expected [eastern front instead of Belgium – troops were sent. Belgium‚ therefore Britain entered the waron 4 august. No british intervention allowance. Decided to defend mons] british slow germans
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The Schlieffen plan was a bold strategy that required several conditions to be met before it would have any success in the Great War. The plan was initially devised by German General Alfred von Schlieffen prior to the outbreak of World War I. However‚ Schlieffen died in 1913 leaving Helmuth von Moltke to lead the German Army and execute the strategy in the summer of 1914. Farrar referred to the creation of the plan’s philosophy with the following‚ “short-term security on all fronts might lessen the
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failed by November 1914. It didn’t entirely go to plan.. What the Germans presumed wasn’t right. Firstly they presumed that it would only take 6 weeks to get through Belgium and that it wouldn’t take long at all‚ but in the end it took than expected. The Belgians resisted a lot and put up a strong fight. German troops got held up in Belgium and never got round to invading Paris. In addition to this‚ Russia mobilised quicker than presumed! So 100‚000 Germans were transferred to the east to fight the Russians
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