With a request to march through France securely to the Belgian King Albert in Potsdam, Moltke aimed to avoid losing men to Belgium and storm France quickly. Moltke tried to scare the King, but he ultimately failed. King Albert declared that he would not allow German or French entry through Belgium without any retaliation. (Ehlert, 49, PPEd).
However, the failure of his attempt to force Belgium to allow the German army through peacefully did not altr his plan. The reason was due to his belief that the German army needed to be one the attack. (Ehlert, 49, pped). …show more content…
“Moltke’s alterations made the immediate seizure of the intact Belgian railways an absolute necessity” (Foley, 112). With Belgium not allow safe passage through their country, the railroads became an issue. “This restriction of the advance to Belgium, however, caused severe constraints on the German deployment, as the right wing could not use the important rail lines of the Dutch Maastricht area.” (Foley, 112). Moltke was confident that he did not need Holland’s railways, but his confidence turned out to be