The Schleiffen Plan
The Schlieffen Plan
The Schlieffen plan was started and produced by Alfred Von Schlieffen who was the German army chief of staff. He was given instructions to devise a strategy that would be able to counter a joint attack during
December, 1905 he began circulating which later became known as the
Schlieffen plan. He later argued that if the war took place then he had to get rid of France as fast as he could because in fact Britain and Russia would have to keep on battling and this would probably take
Russia six weeks to organise to get their large army to attack Russia.
The Schlieffen plan sought to solve a complex set of tactical and strategic problems most especially that of how to fight simultaneously
France & Russia. The plan was to get Germany to face a war on two fronts but Germany wanted to avoid this at all costs. Germany planned to defeat France rapidly and then turn to the eastern front for a major offensive on Russia. This was the basic plan for the Schlieffen plan, but his other plan was that Schlieffen proposed attacking France through Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg (The Benelux Countries).
The assumptions were that -
* Russia would take at least six weeks to mobilize.
* France would be easily defeated in six weeks.
* Belgium would not resist any German attack.
* Britain would remain natural.
Germany had a plan to go to war with France and Russia because
Schlieffen was using 90% of Germany's armed forces to attack France through Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg (The Benelux countries).
Schlieffen planned to use 90% of German military forces to deliver a knockout blow to France. The remaining 10% would defend the eastern border of Germany against Russian attack. The Schlieffen plan was basically called for quick, encircling movement that would surround and destroy the enemy. The background behind the alliance hostility and suspicion in Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s was
The Schlieffen plan was started and produced by Alfred Von Schlieffen who was the German army chief of staff. He was given instructions to devise a strategy that would be able to counter a joint attack during
December, 1905 he began circulating which later became known as the
Schlieffen plan. He later argued that if the war took place then he had to get rid of France as fast as he could because in fact Britain and Russia would have to keep on battling and this would probably take
Russia six weeks to organise to get their large army to attack Russia.
The Schlieffen plan sought to solve a complex set of tactical and strategic problems most especially that of how to fight simultaneously
France & Russia. The plan was to get Germany to face a war on two fronts but Germany wanted to avoid this at all costs. Germany planned to defeat France rapidly and then turn to the eastern front for a major offensive on Russia. This was the basic plan for the Schlieffen plan, but his other plan was that Schlieffen proposed attacking France through Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg (The Benelux Countries).
The assumptions were that -
* Russia would take at least six weeks to mobilize.
* France would be easily defeated in six weeks.
* Belgium would not resist any German attack.
* Britain would remain natural.
Germany had a plan to go to war with France and Russia because
Schlieffen was using 90% of Germany's armed forces to attack France through Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg (The Benelux countries).
Schlieffen planned to use 90% of German military forces to deliver a knockout blow to France. The remaining 10% would defend the eastern border of Germany against Russian attack. The Schlieffen plan was basically called for quick, encircling movement that would surround and destroy the enemy. The background behind the alliance hostility and suspicion in Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s was