Wann wurde der Schlieffen-Plan ausgeführt?
Der deutsche Aufmarschplan für die Westfront, der so genannte Schlieffenplan von 1905, sah vor, dass zwei deutsche Armeen von insgesamt über 350.000 Mann eine sichelförmige Bewegung um den Drehpunkt Köln-Aachen ausführen sollten.
Warum hat der Schlieffen-Plan nicht funktioniert?
Nach dem Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs im Juli 1914 konnte der Schlieffen-Plan nicht die erhofften Erfolge erbringen. Da das Deutsche Reich nun zwei parallele Feldzüge an beiden Fronten zu bewältigen hatte, war der Schlieffen-Plan schon im Herbst 1914 gescheitert.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
The Schlieffen plan was a battle plan that was proposed by Alfred, graf (count) von Schlieffen in 1905, which suggested that Germany could win a quick Franco-German war while fending of Russia. Helmuth von Moltke, Schlieffen’s successor, decided to implement this plan during World War I, but heavily modified it,…
How did von Moltke change the Schlieffen Plan?
When von Moltke took command of the German general staff in 1906, he downsized the Schlieffen strategy, reduced troop numbers and removed the Netherlands from the battle plan. In August 1914, German troops entered Belgium, in line with von Moltke’s modified version of the Schlieffen Plan.
Was Schlieffen a lone wolf or was he a leader?
Schlieffen did not create this plan as a lone wolf or as someone who was on the outside of thinking. Many in the German leadership thought the same way. The plan was a written codification of the overall line of thinking that would lead to Germany’s behavior during World War I.
Why did some people dislike Schlieffen’s strategy?
Some thought the invasion of neutral countries risky, provocative and likely to draw in other nations. Schlieffen’s strategy also required vast amounts of men and material. Many considered it wasteful and over-committed German forces if something went wrong. Schlieffen’s replacement, General von Moltke, held this view.