HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Question
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Germany should do a surprise attack of Russia first
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Germany should invade Belgium and France first.
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submarine warfare
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the plan to influence people’s concepts of the enemy
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1905 and 1906, Schlieffen devised an army deployment plan for a decisive (war-winning) offensive against the French Third Republic. German forces were to invade France through the Netherlands and Belgium rather than across the common border.
Detailed explanation-2: -He decided that France was the enemy to be defeated first, with Russia held off until the French were annihilated. His plan called for four army groups, called the Bataillon Carré, to mass on the extreme German right.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Chief of the Imperial German General Staff, Count Alfred von Schlieffen, envisaged a massive attack through the Low Countries into northern France (shown by the green arrows on the map), an advance that would persuade France to surrender within six weeks.
Detailed explanation-4: -In World War I, both Russia and France wanted to battle Germany. To address this, Germany came up with the Schlieffen Plan, which would allow Germany to quickly defeat France in a surprise attack before Russia had a chance to build up its forces.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Schlieffen Plan failed for several reasons including a lack of manpower, underestimation of the speed of Russian troop deployments, and the belief that Britain would not defend neutral Belgium. All of these reasons combined to make the Schlieffen plan fail.