The Schlieffen Plan

The Schlieffen Plan

2015
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Overview

In 1914 the German Attack on France was based on a later iteration of the plan that Von Schlieffen produced in 1905. The plan was aimed at fighting a war on 2 fronts against Russia and France. Von Molkte changed the plan when he replaced Schlieffen but the essentials were the same. Both plans were based on the following assumptions,Russia would take at least 6 weeks to mobilise,France would be easily defeated in 6 weeks, Belgium would not resist any German attack and Britain would remain neutral.All these assumptions were wrong and the new plan did not work. This film explains in detail why it failed.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Battlefield History TV
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

world war i

Quick Facts

Release Date May 5, 2015
Status Released
Language EN
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Cast

Tim Saunders
Tim Saunders

Presenter

Andrew Duff
Andrew Duff

Presenter