Schlieffen Plan

Question 1

When was it

Answer 1

August - September 1914

Question 2

Man who made it

Answer 2

Alfred von Schlieffen

Question 3

French leader

Answer 3

Marechal Joseph Joffre

Question 4

Belgium leader

Answer 4

King Albert 1st

Question 5

British leader

Answer 5

General Sir John French

Question 6

Russian leader

Answer 6

General Samsanov

Question 7

German leader

Answer 7

General Helmuth von Moltke

Question 8

French obj. + Armed Forces

Answer 8

Defeat Germany, recapture Alsace-Lorraine, Regular army = 800,000 men

Question 9

Belgium obj. + Armed Forces

Answer 9

defend against invading army, total forces = 100,000 men

Question 10

British Obj. + Armed Forces

Answer 10

Protect belgium neutrality, regular army = 500,000 men, BEF = 100,000 men

Question 11

Russian obj. + Armed Forces

Answer 11

Mobilize asap, Defeat Germany and Austria-Hungary, regular army = 800,000 men

Question 12

German obj + Armed Forces

Answer 12

Avoid a war on two fronts, Defeat france quickly. Capture paris as fast as possible; Reg. army + 1,500,000 men, ‘Army of the North’ = 1,000,000 men

Question 13

What did the Schieffen Plan need to succeed.

Answer 13

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