Germany’s hope to win the war quickly lay in the Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen Plan (which was created by General Alfred von Schlieffen) was designed as a tactic to attack France but through Belgium and Holland, leaving them Russia to attack afterwards. Their feeling was that although Russia had a bigger army, they would be slow and fairly ineffective in their mobilization and as a result, would take longer to attack. This plan worked well up to a point. As the advancing German army created gaps, the advantage was given to the French and the British who then attacked them. The Russian army was also not as ineffective and slow in mobilization as initially thought. The Germans then retreated as a result and this marked the beginning of trench warfare and the greater use of mechanized weapons. This failure of the Schlieffen Plan is viewed by many as the beginning of the demise of the Central
Germany’s hope to win the war quickly lay in the Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen Plan (which was created by General Alfred von Schlieffen) was designed as a tactic to attack France but through Belgium and Holland, leaving them Russia to attack afterwards. Their feeling was that although Russia had a bigger army, they would be slow and fairly ineffective in their mobilization and as a result, would take longer to attack. This plan worked well up to a point. As the advancing German army created gaps, the advantage was given to the French and the British who then attacked them. The Russian army was also not as ineffective and slow in mobilization as initially thought. The Germans then retreated as a result and this marked the beginning of trench warfare and the greater use of mechanized weapons. This failure of the Schlieffen Plan is viewed by many as the beginning of the demise of the Central