Shlieffen Plan Flashcards
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What were the keys to success of the shlieffen plan?
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- Timing. –> Immobilize French before Russians had mobilized, avoiding the two front war.
- French “PLAN 17” –> If French were going for Alsace-Lorraine territory, Germans would be able to “roll through Belgium” and flank the allies.
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Why was the shlieffen plan originally drafted?
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- Germany recognizes they would fall into conflict with France again.
- likely to be a war on 2 fronts.
- “How do you deal with a war on two fronts?”
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What was ‘Plan 17’?
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- French plan to offensively invade German territory and recapture Alsace-Lorraine which the Germans had taken over in the Franco-Prussian war.
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Q
How many soldiers were involved in the Battle of the Marne?
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50 000 - 60 000 soldiers.
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What allied and German military units were involved in the “Battle of the Marne”?
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ALLIED:
- 6th French Army
- British expeditionary forces.
GERMAN:
- 1st German Army
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Why did Trench warfare develop as early as September 1914?
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- Germans were pushed back substantially.
- Entrenched themselves in northern France and western Belgium
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Why is the battle of the Marne known as “The miracle of the Marne”?
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- If the 6th French army hadn’t recognized the weak point in the First German army, they have succeeded and changed the outcome of the war.
