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the plan (failure of the plan (2) the French caused many casualties in the…
the plan
failure of the plan
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1) the British arrived in France on 18th August, well before Germany's expectations and furthered slowed them down
4) the commander Von Moltke changed the plan & sent less troops to France vs Russia & this delayed their plans to encircle Paris
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3) France was expecting an attack , which is why they had made their border extremely strong on the western Front. they had stationed many of their strong troops and a fortress there. the only loop hole was to go through Belgium which was a neutral county as gauarnteed by the allied powers. so he was going to use Belgium to attack France as they had a small army & did not pose a threat
4) he believed the French would be taken by surprise, they will not be prepared and it would crush their morale, troops and they would be victorious
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5) even if Britain intervened on behalf of Belgium, they would defeat France well in advance
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2) as Russia was a huge country & had bad roads & terrains, they would take weeks to 6 months to mobilise their army, mean time they would easily defeat France
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1) the plan was advocated by Von Schlieffen in 1905 as he wanted to not face his enemies simultaneously
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