USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

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Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war?

(A) Send half of the army to France and half to Russia.

(B) ** Attack France first, then Russia.

(C) Ally with Russia to fight France.

(D) Attack Russia first, then France.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war? Attack France first, then Russia. What action on November 11, 1918, brought World War I to an end? An armistice was signed.

Concept note-2: -Prior to World War I, The Schlieffen Plan established that, in case of the outbreak of war, Germany would attack France first and then Russia. Instead of a ‘head-on’ engagement, which would lead to position warfare of inestimable length, the opponent should be enveloped and its armies attacked on the flanks and rear.

Concept note-3: -The French-Russian alliance had raised the prospect that Germany might face a war on two fronts. In response, Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, chief of the German General Staff, to develop a plan to successfully fight both France and Russia.

Concept note-4: -The Schlieffen Plan was a battle plan drawn up by German military strategists. Its purpose was to secure victory in a war against both France and Russia. It formed the basis of Germany’s offensive in August 1914 but its successes were limited.