Failure of the Schlieffen Plan

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Failure of the Schlieffen Plan

The aim of the plan was to avoid having to fight two was at the same

time (France and Russia). The plan was devised by Alfred Von

Schlieffen. His plan was to attack France, not on the main border,

which was strongly fortified, but to attack through Belgium and circle

the Paris by going to the west of it, not east. He predicted this

should take 6 weeks leaving enough time to go to the eastern front at

Russia and fight there. The plan was very precise and accurate but

when it was put into action there were changes, which led to the

Germans failing to capture France.

The first change was made by Moltke (Schlieffen’s successor). He

decided that they would not go through Holland, but just go through

Belgium, hoping to keep Britain neutral. One of the main factors of

the plan was the speed. However, this slowed down everything as they

now only had one railway line to transport five large armies. Also,

they did not expect the resistance from Belgium. Although, Belgium was

not that strong...

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