Failures of the Schleiffen Plan
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- Failures of the Schleiffen Plan
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- Schleiffen died in 1913
- insisted right flank of army - part to go through Belgium, be the strongest
- weakened it by sending additional troops to face russia
- New commander von Moltke made cahnges
- Decided not to go through Holland
- Focused on narrow attack through Belgiu7m
- Abandoned in early September
- Battle of Marne
- Abandoned in early September
- Focused on narrow attack through Belgiu7m
- Decided not to go through Holland
- Not strong enough to ho through Belgium quickly
- New commander von Moltke made cahnges
- weakened it by sending additional troops to face russia
- insisted right flank of army - part to go through Belgium, be the strongest
- New commander von Moltke made cahnges
- Decided not to go through Holland
- Focused on narrow attack through Belgiu7m
- Abandoned in early September
- Battle of Marne
- Abandoned in early September
- Focused on narrow attack through Belgiu7m
- Decided not to go through Holland
- Schleiffen died in 1913
- Belgian resistance
- used deep concrete forts to protect Antwerp, Liege and Namur
- Germans despite a million strong army
- Heavy guns needed to destroy forts
- Antwerp did not surrender till October - gave BEF time to arrive
- Heavy guns needed to destroy forts
- BEF
- Arrived in France on the 18th August
- Well trained, well led by Sir John french
- Moltke had to recall troops tp face them
- Encountered at Mons 23rd august
- BEF outnumbered so retreated
- Slowed German adavance
- 26th august - Le Cateau = same
- Slowed German adavance
- BEF outnumbered so retreated
- Encountered at Mons 23rd august
- French Resistance
- attacked through Alsace=Lorraine
- Suffered heavy casualties
- Delay by the British and Belgians gave them time to move East and make a stand at Marne
- attacked through Alsace=Lorraine
- German exhaustion
- Plan dependent of rapid movement
- Exhausted by pace expecetd of them
- re-supply became an issue
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