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	Alfred Graf von Schlieffen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Field Marshal Alfred, Graf von Schlieffen (February 28, 1833 - January 4, 1913), German field marshal and strategist, served as Chief of the German Imperial General Staff from 1891 to 1905.
		Schlieffen was born in Berlin in February 1833 the son of a Prussian army officer.
		Schlieffen's operational theories were to have a profound impact on the development of maneuver warfare in the twentieth century, largely through his seminal treatise, Cannae.
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	Schlieffen Plan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Von Moltke decided to pull significant amounts of troops away from the main force entering France from the north, in order to fortify the forces in Alsace-Lorraine, and the forces at the Russian border.
		Schlieffen may not have intended to be carried out in the form he laid down, instead, seeing it as perhaps an intellectual exercise.
		Schlieffen's solution reversed that of his great predecessor, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, whose experiences in the Franco-Prussian War with modern warfare and concerns regarding the increasing lethality of weaponry, made him doubt that a swift success could be achieved.
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	First World War.com - Who's Who - Alfred von Schlieffen
		Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913) was the German Field Marshal who, as chief of the general staff from 1891-1905, was responsible for devising the Schlieffen Plan, upon which German strategy at the outbreak of the war was unsuccessfully based.
		Schlieffen, born on 28 February 1833, was the son of a Prussian general, and entered the army himself in 1854.
		In 1884 Schlieffen became head of the military history section of the general staff, replacing Alfred, Graf von Waldersee as chief of the Great General Staff in 1891.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/schlieffen.htm (317 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Schlieffen, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von SCHLIEFFEN, ALFRED, GRAF VON [Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von], 1833-1913, German field marshal and strategist.
		In the tradition of the Prussian officer corps, Schlieffen was a professional soldier who considered political questions beyond his responsibility.
		A disciple of Schlieffen, he served in World War I as chief of staff to Field Marshal Hindenburg and was largely responsible for German military decisions.
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	The Schlieffen Plan
		Under the guidance of Graf Alfred von Schlieffen the plan had been composed with traditional Prussian thoroughness and every aspect for achieving a decisive, quick military decision on the Western Front was considered in 12 weeks.
		After 1870, Graf von Moltke, the elder, planned a defensive- offensive strategy of countering French and Russian moves aimed at crippling the enemy and bringing about a favorable peace.
		Graf von Schlieffen was succeded by Graf Von Moltke, the Younger in 1906.
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	Informat.io on Schlieffen Plan
		These four points ultimately ended in the failure of the Schlieffen Plan, resulting in the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914, a stalemate, Trench Warfare, and the one thing the Germans dreaded most- a two-front-war.
		Several historians argue that the plan was infeasible for its time, due to the recent advances in weaponry and the improved transportation of industrial warfare.
		Schlieffen's solution reversed that of his great predecessor, the Helmuth von Moltke, whose experiences in the Franco-Prussian War with modern warfare and concerns regarding the increasing lethality of weaponry, made him doubt that a swift success could be achieved.
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	Otto von Below
		Schlieffen served on the staff of Friedrich II.
		His famous Schlieffen Plan initially concentrated seven-eighths of the army against France for a swift encirclement of Paris, followed by a transfer of forces eastward to deal with the slowly deployed Russian armies.
		Von Schlieffen became cold, distant and sarcastic following his wife's death in 1872.
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	The Infography about Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913)
		Schlieffen: Ein Lebens-und Charakterbild für das deutsche Volk.
		"Graf Schlieffen und die Kriegsformation der deutschen Armee," in Wissen und Wehr, Vol.
		Zoellner, Generalleutnant A.D. von., "Schlieffens Vermaechtnis," Militaerwissenschaft Rundschau, Sonderheft of 4 January 1938.
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	February 28
		Birth of Alfred Graf von Schlieffen in Berlin, Germany.
		Schlieffen was the general who developed the "Schlieffen Plan" which was used in World War I to deal with a two front war.
		Schlieffen died in the year before the outbreak of war.
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	Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		SCHLIEFFEN, ALFRED, GRAF VON [Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von], 1833-1913, German field marshal and strategist.
		When World War I broke out in 1914 the Schlieffen plan was employed in a modified form, but a number of factors—including Russian military strength, German lack of mobility, effective French delaying action, and the reluctance of Schlieffen's successor, H. von Moltke, to weaken his eastern front—led to its failure.
		In World War II, unhampered by a Russian threat in the east and possessing highly mobile forces, the German command successfully employed (May-June, 1940) a variation of the Schlieffen plan to defeat France.
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	World War I, The Schlieffen Plan
		Count Alfred von Schlieffen, who became Chief of the Great General Staff in 1891, submitted his plan in 1905; it was adopted, slightly modified, in 1914.
		His work, which shows a wide acquaintance with war literature, purports to contain portions of the Schlieffen plan of which the public had not yet heard, and which fully justify the reproach that Moltke changed it for the worse, much the worse, but not in the way hitherto imagined.
		It emerges incidentally that the Schlieffen plan was worked out for war on the Western front only; for when drawn up, Russia was still very weak as a result of the Manchurian War.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/1914m/schlieffen.html (815 words)

	AllRefer.com - Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von[Al´frAt grAf fun shlE´fun] Pronunciation Key, 1833–1913, German field marshal and strategist.
		When World War I broke out in 1914 the Schlieffen plan was employed in a modified form, but a number of factors : including Russian military strength, German lack of mobility, effective French delaying action, and the reluctance of Schlieffen's successor, H. von Moltke, to weaken his eastern front : led to its failure.
		In World War II, unhampered by a Russian threat in the east and possessing highly mobile forces, the German command successfully employed (May–June, 1940) a variation of the Schlieffen plan to defeat France.
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		Anticipating a two-front war against France and Russia, Schlieffen envisioned holding the slower mobilizing Russians in check with a minimum of force while a massive German offensive crushed France, the more dangerous enemy.
		Schlieffen's successor, however, Gen. Helmuth von MOLTKE, faced different conditions in 1914 and was reluctant to violate Dutch neutrality; he decided to route the northernmost German troops through Belgium.
		The German First Army under Gen. Alexander von Kluck and the Second, commanded by Gen. Karl von Bulow, poured through the Liege corridor and across the Meuse.
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	Schlieffen Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Following the retirement of Schlieffen in 1906, Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke became the German chief of staff.
		- Schlieffen's solution reversed that of his great predecessor, the Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, whose experiences in the Franco-Prussian War with modern warfare and concerns regarding the increasing lethality of weaponry, made him doubt that a swift success could be achieved.
		A major philosophical influence on his writing is Alfred the Great 's Anglo-Saxon version of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius ' Consolation of Philosophy known as the Lays of Boethius.
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	Alfred von Schlieffen
		Alfred von Schlieffen was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1833.
		His main concern was to devise a plan that could deal with a war against Russia in the east and France in the west.
		Schlieffen retired as Chief of General Staff of the German Army in 1906.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWschlieffen.htm (185 words)

	German Strategy and the Path to Verdun - Cambridge University Press
		German Strategy and the Path to Verdun is the first detailed examination of this seminal battle in the English language to be based on research conducted in archives long thought lost.
		Material returned to Germany from the former Soviet Union has allowed for a reinterpretation of Erich von Falkenhayn's overall strategy for the war and of the development of German operational and tactical concepts to fit this new strategy of attrition.
		By taking a long view of the development of German military ideas from the end of the Franco-German War in 1871, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun also gives much-needed context to Falkenhayn's ideas and the course of one of the greatest battles of attrition the world has ever known.
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	Schlieffen Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Moltke, Schlieffen, and the doctrine of Strategic Envelopment, by Gunter E. Rothenberg, pp 296-325.
		Hughes, Daniel J. Schlichting, Schlieffen, and the Prussian Theory of War in 1914.
		Discusses the significance of the Battle of Guise in WWI as a forerunner to the Battle of Marne and the defeat of the German Schlieffen Plan.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/schli/schlieff.htm (463 words)

	Schlieffen Plan - German Plan to defeat France and avoid a war at two front-lines in WW1
		The Schlieffen Plan, the German General Staff's overall strategic blueprint for victory on the western front against France in the years up to 1914, takes its name from its author, Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (1833 - 1913.
		The intent of the plan was not to conquer cities or industry in order to weaken the French war efforts, but to capture most of the French army and to force France to surrender.
		As could be expected, he was defeated by the French in the First Battle of the Marne.
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	The Schlieffen Plan
		Against this advantage in numbers Germany had a centralized position, a superb Army and the Great General Staff.
		The plan as finally devised by Graf von Schlieffen in 1906 is above.
		The last four paragraphs have sought to emphasize the importance of the human factor upon the outcome of the Schlieffen plan.
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	Alfred von Schlieffen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Alfred von Schlieffen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	The Schlieffen Plan
		The Schlieffen Plan (named after its author, Alfred Graf von Schlieffen) was Germany's strategic blueprint for the beginning of World War I, in which it planned to deliver a knock-out blow to the French and then turn all of its resources on the more slowly mobilizing Russian army.
		In addition, the unexpectedly rapid mobilization of the Russian army forced Germany to fight a simultaneous war on two fronts.
		As a result, the Schlieffen Plan was abandoned.
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		For instance, I was reading How Few Remain when I was eleven and I came across Alfred Graf von Schlieffen in the book.
		At the time, I had no clue who he was, so I looked him up and found a lot of information on the real Alfred Graf von Schlieffen.
		I think it's cool that I learn about real people and how they contributed to our history while reading some alternate history tale.
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	To make Cataclysmic Wars
		As we watch NATO attacks on Serbia in the last year of this century let us remind ourselves of how the First World War was started in the Balkans, at the beginning of the century.
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		For at least a decade before 1914, the major European powers had been arming and preparing themselves for war...
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	Find in a Library: Alfred von Schlieffen's military writings
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	Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
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		German plan to use it's superior rail network to win a 2-front war.
		When W.W.I started, Gen. Helmuth von Moltke was in command.
		He only used 60% of the forces for the swing.
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