The Schlieffen Plan :: European Europe History

The Schlieffen PlanThe aim of the figureThe aim of the visualize was to avoid fighting two wars at once (France and Russia) The PlanThe plan was to attack France, not on the main border, which was fortified, but to attack with Belgium and circle the capital Paris. This is only supposed to happen before the predicted 6 weeks it would take for the Russians to get their army localize for action. This would mean Paris would be interpreted by Germany, therefore capturing France, then the troops could go crossways the country and attack Russia. What actually happened* Germans went into Belgium * Belgians blew up railways which stopped Germans * Belgians stopped supplies and reinforcements get to the Germans * Britain cherished to join war because Germany was attacking France and Belgium * Sir Edward Grey made fantan fight, he said if we dont fight Germany will dominate Europe and calling will suffer * British government sent a telegram to narrate Germans to leave Belgium * No rep ly to the telegram * Britain was at war with Germany * Everyone in all the countries were rushing to join the army, they thought their country was right and they would supercharge * 100,000 spends from the BEFC (British Expeditionary Force) landed in France * over 1,000,000 French soldier were ready to use plan seventeen to attack Alasce and Lorraine * after 3 weeks it all went wrong * German troops pushed into France * Russians mobilised more than quickly than expected, and invaded * troops were taken from France to defend on the eastern front * French and German soldier met at the river Marne * All the French and English troops went to defend on the river Marne, the battle of the Marne beganWhy did it fail?The Schlieffen plan failed for many reasons. The trip though Belgium did not go as the Germans wanted. They got slowed down because the Belgian army limit up a fight. This meant that the German troops were 10 days late. The Germans wanted to get the war over with France so t hat they didnt have to fight Russia at the same time, so when they got delayed, they were in trouble. On the 29th august, Von Cluck (German general) changed the plan, so that they didnt attack Paris as planned, instead they went east and sent more troops to attack the forts.