The
Schlieffen
Plan
-
5
Key
Points
1
.
The
Schlieffen
Plan
was
____________________
?
s
tactical
solution
for
avoiding
a
two
-
front
war
with
____________________
and
Russia
.
2
.
Under
this
plan
,
drawn
up
in
1905
,
France
would
be
forced
to
a
quick
____________________
by
a
German
invasion
in
the
north
.
3
.
German
forces
would
move
through
neutral
nations
like
Belgium
and
Luxembourg
,
bypassing
French
____________________
.
4
.
Schlieffen
?
s
initial
plan
,
modified
by
General
von
Moltke
,
became
the
accepted
____________________
in
the
event
of
a
European
war
.
5
.
The
plan
allowed
the
Germans
to
____________________
French
territory
quickly
and
with
relatively
few
losses
,
however
,
the
speed
and
logistics
of
the
advance
meant
that
it
could
not
be
____________________
,
allowing
the
French
to
quickly
mount
a
response
.
The
Schlieffen
Plan
also
under
-
estimated
the
military
capacity
,
infrastructure
and
speed
of
____________________
of
both
France
and
Russia
.
On
the
Eastern
Front
,
the
Russians
were
able
to
launch
an
____________________
against
Germany
faster
than
anticipated
.
The
French
also
organised
and
moved
their
own
troops
rapidly
.
Several
hundred
Paris
taxis
were
even
____________________
by
the
military
and
used
to
ferry
thousands
of
troops
to
defensive
positions
.
The
German
advance
was
ultimately
____________________
at
the
week
-
long
Battle
of
the
Marne
(
September
1914
)
.
Their
inability
to
advance
beyond
the
Marne
contributed
to
the
use
of
____________________
warfare
and
the
formation
of
the
____________________
Front
.
A
historian
?
s
view
:
?
Demands
imposed
on
men
and
animals
,
the
requirement
for
perfect
co
-
ordination
over
long
distances
and
the
difficulty
of
____________________
entrenched
opponents
all
suggest
that
the
plan
could
never
have
succeeded
.
Schlieffen
?
s
plan
was
a
brilliant
strategy
but
designed
for
an
era
when
armies
numbered
in
____________________
of
thousands
,
not
in
the
____________________
of
thousands
and
millions
.
Still
,
the
details
of
planning
seem
to
have
provided
the
basis
for
a
pervasive
____________________
that
they
could
win
the
war
that
they
believe
would
happen
,
and
that
they
could
win
it
____________________
.
?
Frank
B
.
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