Alfred Graf von Schlieffen1905
Draws up a strategy for avoiding war on 2 fronts by invading France then Russia
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Draws up a strategy for avoiding war on 2 fronts by invading France then Russia
The right should be 8 times stronger than the left. The right should arc through Belgium to encircle Paris & the left hold Lorraine. Revises the Schlieffen Plan by invading France on 2 fronts & then invading Russia
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