Schlieffen Plan
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Schlieffen Plan The military plan developed in 1905 by the Chief of the General Staff, Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (b. 1833, d. 1913), in case Germany was involved in a two-front war against France and Russia. In such an event, German forces would first circumvent the French defence lines by attacking through Belgium and the Netherlands to secure a quick victory in the west, before taking on the Russians in the east. The plan had no regard for political considerations at all, so that when it was implemented at the start of World War I, Belgium, despite its neutrality, was simply overrun, an act which finally spurred the British to join forces with their French allies and declare war on Germany. The plan also strengthened the Germans' desire to go to war as soon as possible, because they held that if war became inevitable, they would have to strike as quickly as possible to surprise the French.
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