HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Question
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Russia’s plan to defeat Germany on the Eastern Front.
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Germany’s plan to defeat Russia and then attack and defeat France.
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France’s plan to defeat Germany and then Austria-Hungary.
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Germany’s plan to defeat France first and then Russia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Schlieffen wished to emulate Hannibal by provoking an Entscheidungsschlacht (“decisive battle”), using a massive force, in a single act, to bring a swift and conclusive victory. He decided that France was the enemy to be defeated first, with Russia held off until the French were annihilated.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In 1905 and 1906, Schlieffen devised an army deployment plan for a decisive (war-winning) offensive against the French Third Republic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Schlieffen’s plan called for 70 per cent of the German army to launch a broad offensive sweep through Belgium and into France. The plan’s ultimate goal was the encirclement of the French army along the German-French frontier.
Detailed explanation-5: -Germany’s war plan, the Schlieffen Plan, called for it to quickly defeat France and then shift east to fight Russia. Its armies were to sweep down through Belgium and northern France toward Paris, like a giant swinging door.