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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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_von_Schlieffen (616 words)

	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.
		Alfred von Schlieffen died on 4 January 1913 in Berlin.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/schlieffen.htm (317 words)

	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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schlieffen_Plan (2114 words)

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		At the top of the door was von Kluck’s 1st Army and von Schlieffen had enjoined that the very last soldier at the end of the swing should ‘brush the Channel with his sleeve’.
		A cautious man, lacking the ruthlessness upon which Schlieffen’s plan depended and frightened by the possibility of a strong counter-attack by the French in the area of Alsace-Lorraine, he strengthened the hinge end of the door, weakening the force that was planned to sweep through Belgium.
		Nevertheless, when the invasion began, von Moltke had almost 1½ million men forming his door and at the far end of his extreme right wing, there was the 1st Army, commanded by General von Kluck, who saw himself as Attila the Hun.
	users.telenet.be /sbt-ypers/schlieffen.html (710 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Schlieffen, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Schlieffen, (451 words)

	::The Schlieffen Plan::
		The Schlieffen Plan was the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border.
		Russia was not as advanced as France in many areas and Schlieffen believed that Russia would take six weeks to mobilise her forces and that any possible fighting on the Russian-German border could be coped with by the Germans for a few weeks while the bulk of her forces concentrated on defeating France.
		Schlieffen's speedy attack and expected defeat of France never occurred - it's failure did usher in the era of trench warfare that is so much linked to World War One.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /schlieffen_plan.htm (588 words)

	::Count Alfred von Schlieffen::
		Count Alfred von Schlieffen, mastermind of the Schlieffen Plan, served as Germany's Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1891 to 1905.
		It was Schlieffen's plan that was used for the August 1914 attack on France that was to trigger World War One.
		Alfred von Schlieffen was born in Berlin on February 28th, 1833.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /count_alfred_von_schlieffen.htm (394 words)

	Schlieffen Alfred Count von - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Schlieffen, Alfred, Count von (1833-1913), German military figure, Chief of the German General Staff (1891-1905), author of the Schlieffen Plan...
		The initial German plan of the campaign was to defeat France quickly in the west, while a small part of the German army and the entire...
		Tirpitz, Alfred von (1849-1930), German admiral, born in Küstrin (now Kostrzyń, Poland).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Schlieffen_Alfred_Count_von.html (129 words)

	Tirpitz Alfred von - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tirpitz, Alfred von (1849-1930), German admiral, born in Küstrin (now Kostrzyn, Poland).
		For its war plan, the German general staff relied on the Schlieffen Plan.
		Alfred von Schlieffen, chief of the German general staff from 1891 to 1905,...
	encarta.msn.com /Tirpitz_Alfred_von.html (128 words)

	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)

	Otto von Below (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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.
	home.comcast.net /~maviser/schlieffen.htm (172 words)

	Essay: In 1895 a man called Count Alfred von Schlieffen who was the chief of the General staff of Germany's army ...
		Essay: In 1895 a man called Count Alfred von Schlieffen who was the chief of the General staff of Germany's army devised a plan to capture Paris and then defeat France in the period of six weeks.
		In 1895 a man called Count Alfred von Schlieffen who was the chief of the General staff of Germany's army devised a plan to capture Paris and then defeat France in the period of six weeks.
		Abdul Bismilla 11pl GCSE History Coursework In 1895 a man called Count Alfred von Schlieffen who was the chief of the General staff of Germany's army devised a plan to capture Paris and then defeat France in the period of six weeks.
	www.coursework.info /GCSE/History/By_Country_Or_Region/Germany/In_1895_a_man_called_Count_Alfred_von_Schlieffen_who_L15350.html (381 words)

	Informat.io on Schlieffen Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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.
	www.quaest.io /?title=schlieffen-plan (1869 words)

	The Infography about Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913)
		"Moltke, Schlieffen and the Doctrine of Strategic Envelopment," in Peter Paret (ed.), Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age.
		Schlieffen: Ein Lebens-und Charakterbild für das deutsche Volk.
		Zoellner, Generalleutnant A.D. von., "Schlieffens Vermaechtnis," Militaerwissenschaft Rundschau, Sonderheft of 4 January 1938.
	www.infography.com /content/151331147249.html (140 words)

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		The Germany Army Chief of Staff, Alfred von Schlieffen was asked to plan a way of preventing a war on two fronts. His initial plan was produced late in 1905. He believed that it was a priority to defeat France quickly, forcing them to surrender before Russia had a chance to mobilize her armed forces.
		In full knowledge of French defences, Schlieffen proposed attacking France through Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg – the Benelux countries. Schlieffen planned to use 90% of German military forces to deliver a knock out blow to France. The remaining 10% would defend the eastern border of Germany against Russian attack.
		Von Molkte replaced Von Schlieffen in 1906, and made some alterations to the plan. His version avoided invading Holland, instead concentrating attack through Belgium. According to Von Molke, the Belgium army would be unable to resist a powerful German military, and German forces would rapidly enter France.
	www.natick.k12.ma.us /~winston_blackburn/Schlieffen (343 words)

	Alfred von Schlieffen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Military significance: Schlieffen was most famous as the chief of the Great General Staff who designed the general plan for the offensive against France with which German began the First World War.
		Born into an old noble, military family, Schlieffen studied law at the University of Berlin and then joined the cavalry, eventually rising to command of the First Guard Uhlans.
		When Waldersee was relieved by Wilhelm II in 1891, Schlieffen was appointed in his place.
	www2.ham.muohio.edu /~vascikgs/Schlieffen.html (228 words)

	Schlieffen Plan
		Schlieffen argued that if war took place it was vital that France was speedily defeated.
		When Helmuth von Moltke replaced Alfred von Schlieffen as German Army Chief of Staff in 1906, he modified the plan by proposing that Holland was not invaded.
		On 2nd August 1914, the Schlieffen Plan was put into operation when the German Army invaded Luxembourg and Belgium.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWschlieffenP.htm (1270 words)

	H-Net Review: John Lavalle on Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War
		The "Schlieffen myth," named after Alfred von Schlieffen (Moltke's predecessor as Chief of the General Staff) by his supporters after the war, contends that Moltke was not assertive or warlike enough during his early years in office.
		She then looks at Schlieffen and Moltke in an effort to shed new light on Moltke's career and his influence on the critical events leading up to the war.
		Moltke and Alfred von Waldersee, Schlieffen's predecessor as Chief of the General Staff, were both personal friends of the Kaiser and often met privately with the monarch.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=138801060114248 (1567 words)

	Term Paper on Schlieffen plan: What it was, what happened and it's consequences.
		Schlieffen plan: What it was, what happened and it's consequences.
		The plan was devised by Alfred von Schlieffen (hence the name), when he devised it he was German Army Chief of Staff, in 1905, the plan was German which they would use to avoid a war on two fronts (Russia on the Eastern front, and Britain + France on the Western front).
		Schlieffen thought that France needed to be defeated as soon as possible in the event of a European War.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Schlieffen_plan_What_it_was_-157355.html (229 words)

	Schlieffen Plan - Causes of WWI - World War I - GCSE - SchoolHistory.co.uk
		The Germany Army Chief of Staff, Alfred von Schlieffen was asked to plan a way of preventing a war on two fronts.
		Schlieffen planned to use 90% of German military forces to deliver a knock out blow to France.
		Von Molkte replaced Von Schlieffen in 1906, and made some alterations to the plan.
	www.schoolhistory.co.uk /gcselinks/wars/firstwwlinks/schlieffen_summary.html (371 words)

	Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Schlieff.asp (333 words)

	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)

	Academic Paper on The Schlieffen Plan
		The basic idea behind the Schlieffen Plan was to allow Germany to beat both the French and the Russians in quick succession.
		Alfred von Schlieffen, field marshal and brain child of the new war plan; knew the risks involved with this strategy but was prepared to stand by his plan.
		The Germans had their chance to rule Europe under one power, and theoretically von Schlieffen's plan would have done that.
	www.researchaid.com /paper/The_Schlieffen_Plan-7417.html (156 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.
		However, a modified form of Schlieffen's concept proved effective over the same terrain in the defeat of France in 1940.
	www.germannotes.com /hist_ww1_schlieffen.shtml (446 words)

	Amazon.ca: Alfred Von Schlieffen's Military Writings: Books: Robert T. Foley,Robert A. Foley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A collection of writings by Generalfeldmarschall Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, one of Imperial Germany's more intriguing figures.
		Schlieffens 15 years as Chief of the general staff left his mark upon both military and political institutions within Wilhelmine Germany.
		This book provides translations of Schlieffen's staff rides as well as sections from the archives not previously published.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0714649996 (207 words)

	Cannae
		Therefore, Schlieffen ordered the historical section of the General Staff to produce a set of "Cannae Studies" that would demonstrate that the principle of double envelopment practiced by Hannibal at Cannae was the master key to victory in battle.
		Likewise, Schlieffen's operational concept collapsed in World War I in the face of logistic and time-space realities he had chosen to discount because he believed they were inconvenient to his needs.
		Modern battles Count Schlieffen characterizes even more than earlier battles as a "struggle for the flanks." Therefore he stresses the necessity, in case parts of an army have made frontal contact with the enemy, that the neighboring columns be allowed to march further so that they may be able to turn against flank and rear.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Cannae/cannae.asp (20385 words)

	Schlieffen Plan - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Schlieffen Plan - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Schlieffen Plan, German war plan that influenced the opening stages of World War I. Count Alfred von Schlieffen was Chief of the German General...
		All the belligerents in World War I planned to take the offensive at the outset, using the vastly improved railway systems of Europe to convey their...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Schlieffen_Plan.html (117 words)

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		This map shows the planned invasion of France developed by Count Alfred von Schlieffen, the chief of the German general staff.
		From several points along the border, German troops would sweep through Belgium into northeastern France and destroy the French armies at Paris.
		Schlieffen emphasized the need for a strong right wing of the German army, advancing as far west as possible.
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	Alfred von Schlieffen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Alfred von Schlieffen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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