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The Schlieffen Plan

The aim of the plan
The aim of the plan was to avoid fighting two wars at once (France and Russia)

The Plan
The plan was to attack France, not on the main border, which was fortified, but to attack through Belgium and circle the capital Paris. This is all supposed to happen before the predicted 6 weeks it would take for the Russians to get their army ready for action. This would mean Paris would be taken by Germany, therefore capturing France, then the troops could go across the country and attack Russia.

What actually happened:
Germans went into Belgium
Belgians blew up railways which stopped Germans
Belgians stopped supplies and reinforcements getting to the Germans
Britain wanted to join war because Germany was attacking France and Belgium
Sir Edward Grey made parliament fight, he said 'if we don't fight Germany will dominate Europe and trade will suffer'
British government sent a telegram to tell Germans to leave Belgium
No reply to......

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