WWI: TOTAL WAR The Schlieffen Plan Fails: Trench warfare & technology.
The Schlieffen Plan. The aim of the ‘Schlieffen Plan’ was to defeat France as quickly as possible, thus taking it out of the war. Then German forces could.
By: Jules Kadien. The German Officer Alfred Von Schlieffen came up with what seemed to be a genius plan to win French territory before the war began.
In 1914, Germany believed war with Russia was extremely likely. If war broke out, Germany assumed France would also attack as she was both an ally of.
The Schlieffen Plan Germany’s plan to “hit first”, if they should feel war is inevitable.
SCHLIEFFEN PLAN Strategic plan created by General Alfred von Schlieffen in 1907 to counter a joint attack on Germany from two fronts (east and west) France.
Europe Plunges into War
