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6. Which country did he think was the prioty to beat?
- France.
- Spain.
- Belgium.
- Britain.
7. Where did Schlieffen say that the remaining percentage of the army should go?
- To fly over Russia and drop bombs.
- To defend the eastern border of Germany to defend Russian attack.
- To spy on Russia as they were suspecting an attack from them.
- To defend the Eastern and western borders of the country against Russian attack.
8. Von Molkte replaced Schlieffen and made some alterations to the plan in what year?
9. In what year was the original Schlieffen plan made?
10. What percentage of the German was used to create a knock out blow?
11. Which one of these was not a reality?
- Russia mobilised in 10 days and Germany was forced to withdraw troops from the plan to defend eastern border.
- 60% of Germany's army was killed within 5 days of the plan being put into place.
- Were met by French at the battle of the Marne which halted the German advance.
- Germans held up by belgium army, backed up BEF.
- Germay did not take chance to take Paris, instead attacked east of capital.
- 2nd august 1914 - Germany invaded Luxembourg.
12. Where did Schlieffen propose to attack France through?
- Holland, Britain and Spain - the Floss countries.
- Britain, Spain and Italy - the hot countries.
- Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg - the Benelux countries.
- Belgium, Luxembourg and Greenland - the Benel countries.
13. Which one of these was not an assumption made?
- Britain would remain neutral.
- Russia would take at least 6 weeks to mobilize.
- France would be easily defeated in 6 weeks.
- Britain would create a secret plan to attack Germany.
- Belgium would not resist any German attack.
