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The Schlieffen plan was a plan made by German Chief of Staff Alfred Von Schlieffen in 1903 to go through Belgium which was a neutral country and take over France from behind. Since France had  their soldiers standing on the German border from France.

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Germany had planned on declaring war on France years before world war one. In fact, it took them 9 years to complete drawing and planning the plan. It started on the year of 1897-1906 and actually declared war on 1914. In the German's eyes they thought that it would be possible to go at war with France and Russia at the same time. However, it was a huge failure.

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Alfred Von Schlieffen was the chief of the German general staff. This man was the one who created the Schlieffen plan to attack France. Before WW1 Alfred had married his cousin and had 2 kids. After his second child, his wife died and he focused on his military work more than ever. He served the military for 15 constant years and had been a loyal General.

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Schlieffen believed that the most decisive area for any future war in Europe would be in the western sector. So, Schlieffen identified France as Germany’s most dangerous opponent. Russia was not as advanced as France in many areas so he decided the Schlieffen plan was a go.

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The French had a few techniques that they were practicing in order to defend their land against the Germans. Firstly, they used the trench technique. The soldiers would dig 2 meters under the ground and take cover. Every now and then, the French army would jump over the top and rush for the other trenches. The Germans then would do the same

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Digging a hole 2 meters deep was the best strategy in the eyes of the world war one soldiers. Putting sandbags to support the dirt and a duck board on the bottom. Every now and then the soldiers would run over the top and rush for the other trenches. This technique was most of the time useless and whoever would go over the top would get riddled with bullets. Rats were filling the trenches. Not to mention the lice that would live under the coats of the soldiers. This strategy was the golden strategy and helped the French protect their land and defeat the Germans.

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Life in a Trench | World War I | History

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The plan failed horribly. Most if not all soldiers have been killed in action. It was  a mistake. Firstly, the Germans did not expect the Russians to get to France as quickly as they did. The Russians were expected to get to France within 6 weeks, however, they got there within 10 days which slowed them down in a huge way

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Reasons for the failure of the Schlieffen Plan including the roles of Belgium, Britain and the Eastern Front. Ends at the Battle of the Marne.

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Britain! Unexpectedly, British  soldiers in the tranches fighting and supporting the french! The reason for that was because setting up an alliance with France and Russia would eliminate any threats on the British colonies in North Africa because France had the majority of the countries.

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The German army while proceeding to the battlefield had declined by 30% unexpectedly so they were downed by a huge number of soldiers. That was already another setback which led to the huge failure of The Schlieffen plan.

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The Schlieffen plan led to millions of casualties in the German army. At the beginning of the war the German army started off at 2.85 million soldiers in the western front and 1.7 million in the eastern front. All in all, the Germans had 5 million casualties. 1.7 million soldiers dead and the rest injured.

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