WORLD HISTORY

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: -How did the failure of Germany’s Schlieffen Plan to quickly defeat France affect the future course of the war? The plan didn’t work because Germanys’ forces in the West weakened which in turn caused them to have a stalemate with France. Battle lines in France would remain almost unchanged for four years.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. The Schlieffen Plan was Germany’s tactical solution for avoiding a two-front war with France and Russia. 2. Under this plan, drawn up in 1905, France would be forced to a quick surrender by a German invasion in the north.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Schlieffen Plan, devised by Germany, was intended to force France into submission and then invade Russia. It didn’t work because Russian troops attacked Germany while German troops were busy invading France.