German Plan for victory-Schlieffen Plan, Eastern and Western Fronts

Ryan Traylor, Mariah Hobbs, Justin Dennis, Chelsea Tyson

German Plan for victory-Schlieffen Plan, Eastern and Western Fronts

The Schlieffen Plan was created by Count Alfred Von Schlieffen.

It was created in December of 1905It was a plan to strategically win in a

future war fighting on two fronts, France at the West and Russia to the east.

For the plan to work the country would need speed to execute it.

Germany needed to avoid a two front war.Germany concentrated troops in the west to

quickly defeat the French, but if needed, rushing the French troops by rail to the east to face the Russians.

Germany knew that the Russian technology wasn’t as advance, as the French so they wouldn’t be much of a problem.

Three million died in the fighting, nine million wounded

Russian and Germans fought, Austrians joined in

It started August 17, 1914Russian General- Pavel Rennenkampf’s first

army invaded eastern PrussiaAlexander’s second army attacked Germanys

right flank

Eastern front:

Trench Ware far Ran 700 kilometers from the Belgium Coast

to the Swiss boarder British, France, U.S., Vs Germany, Austria

HungaryStarted August 3, 1914. Ended November 11, 191814 years 3 months 1 week

Western front: