The Schlieffen Plan :: European Europe History

The Schlieffen Plan The point of the arrangement The point of the arrangement was to abstain from battling two wars on the double (France and Russia) The Plan The arrangement was to assault France, not on the principle outskirt, which was strengthened, however to assault through Belgium and circle the capital Paris. This is completely expected to occur before the anticipated a month and a half it would take for the Russians to prepare their military for activity. This would mean Paris would be taken by Germany, hence catching France, at that point the soldiers could go the nation over and assault Russia. What really occurred: * Germans went into Belgium * Belgians exploded railroads which halted Germans * Belgians halted supplies and fortifications getting to the Germans * Britain needed to join war since Germany was assaulting France and Belgium * Sir Edward Gray made parliament battle, he said 'on the off chance that we don't battle Germany will rule Europe and exchange will endure' * British government sent a message to advise Germans to leave Belgium * No answer to the message * Britain was at war with Germany * Everyone in all the nations were hurrying to join the military, they thought their nation was correct and they would win * 100,000 officers from the BEFC (British Expeditionary Force) arrived in France * more than 1,000,000 French officer were prepared to utilize plan seventeen to assault Alasce and Lorraine * following 3 weeks everything turned out badly * German soldiers drove into France * Russians activated more rapidly than anticipated, and attacked * troops were taken from France to protect on the eastern front * French and German fighter met at the waterway Marne * All the French and English soldiers went to protect on the waterway Marne, the skirmish of the Marne started For what reason did it fall flat? The Schlieffen plan fizzled for some reasons. The excursion however Belgium didn't go as the Germans needed. They got eased back down in light of the fact that the Belgian armed force set up a battle. This implied the German soldiers were 10 days late. The Germans needed to get the war over with France so they didn't need to battle Russia simultaneously, so when they got postponed, they were in a tough situation. On the 29th august, Von Cluck (German general) changed the arrangement, so they didn't assault Paris as arranged, rather they went east and sent more soldiers to assault the strongholds.