AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
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Question
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Send half of the army to France and half to Russia.
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Attack France first, then Russia.
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Ally with Russia to fight France.
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Attack Russia first, then France.
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.