The Schlieffen Plan was only used by the Germans. This plan was set out to have a war with France and Russia, but in 1905 it was all revised. The Schlieffen Plan was by Alfred Von Schlieffen who was the Chief of the Imperial, and also German Chief of Staff. The idea was to find a new war plan that would be understanding of the new factors that happened since the Franco-Prussian in 1870 and 1871. These factors included the Diplomatic Isolation. The Diplomatic Isolation left Austria-Hungary as the only dependable partner. This all caused the problem of the Two-Front War, since the Russians and the French were just staunch allies. Other things such as military and technological issues were at stake as well. Mostly because people had to deal with things like machine guns, modern artillery, and also new forms of communication. These types of communication were telephones, radios, and also national armies. The Schlieffen Plan was created for a belief
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The Schlieffen Plan failed for many reasons. It was questionable that Germany did not have enough troops to do the first part of the plan. This was not because of the amount of men that had, mostly because they were not strong enough. German army had very well equipment in general, but not strong enough troops. These troops were oblivious and were not trained well enough. They as well did not have others to operate machine guns or artillery in general, so they could not put this in their plan. The plan also needed well transportation, which they did not have. They needed transportation such as trains. When the other two nations attacked, they ruined the railway system the trains needed so they could not use it. Germany never had a backup plan or anything in that sort, it was just a plan where that if they won, they won, but if they lost then they lost. Germany’s communication was also an issue as well, they misinterpreted mostly
The Schlieffen Plan failed for many reasons. It was questionable that Germany did not have enough troops to do the first part of the plan. This was not because of the amount of men that had, mostly because they were not strong enough. German army had very well equipment in general, but not strong enough troops. These troops were oblivious and were not trained well enough. They as well did not have others to operate machine guns or artillery in general, so they could not put this in their plan. The plan also needed well transportation, which they did not have. They needed transportation such as trains. When the other two nations attacked, they ruined the railway system the trains needed so they could not use it. Germany never had a backup plan or anything in that sort, it was just a plan where that if they won, they won, but if they lost then they lost. Germany’s communication was also an issue as well, they misinterpreted mostly