HIST105 Chapter Notes -English Channel, Itz
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The schlieffen plan what was supposed to happen. German response to a two-front war with france and russia. Iv. i. ii. i. ii. i. ii. i. ii. Spurred by the signing of treaties between russia, france and britain, which would surround germany with a three front war. Based on the assumption that france was weak (france had been defeated earlier in the franco-prussian war of 1870) and russia would take long to mobilize. The plan was to be put in place as soon as war was declared on russia. Germans thought it would take six weeks for russia to mobilize on their eastern. Front, so they could easily defeat france in six weeks before russia could attack. Germany would invade france through belgium, avoiding the french defences at the. French-german border; belgium"s neutrality was guaranteed by britain under the. Treaty of london (1839), but this was of little concern to germany.
