HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Question
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Attack France first, then Russia
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Attack Russia first, then France
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Ally with Russia, then France
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Ally with Italy, then Russia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Schlieffen Plan drawn up in 1905 was the German army’s answer to its central strategic problem: how to win a war on two fronts, against France in the west and Russia in the east.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Schlieffen Plan (German: Schlieffen-Plan, pronounced [ʃliːfən plaːn]) is a name given after the First World War to German war plans, due to the influence of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen and his thinking on an invasion of France and Belgium, which began on 4 August 1914.