1. Why did Germany attack Belgium? The Germans chose to attack Belgium in 1914 in order to gain access to the France while avoiding the strong defenses along the border they shared with Germany. As Belgium was neutral and had good relations with France, the Germans hopes to be able to safely and quickly pass into France. This did not however go as smoothly as planned because German troops massacred as they went and this offence of Belgium’s neutrality greatly appalled and offended the allies. 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? German officials planned to hold Alsace Lorraine from the French and Allies to prevent France from having an easy time of making their territorial goals. Alsace-Lorraine also served as a bridge into France; if it was German, their military could glide right through it and have less to fight through to get to the heart of France. 3. What was the German view of Russia? Germany saw Russia as a threatening neighbor whose alliance with their western enemies served to box Germany in and immobilize them for attack. The Germans also viewed Russia as a greater power that looked down upon them and they wished to show that they were equal to if not stronger and more powerful than Russia. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? The Schlieffen Plan was adapted by Moltke in such a way that led to its failure. Without universal understanding throughout the German military, the plan was changed to push through neutral Belgium in the first part of the plan’s attack on France which brought the power of Great Britain into the occasion due to the atrocities of the massacre of Belgium. This also wasted precious energy and resources as well as being an ineffective modification due to poor communication and implementation. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? The British Expeditionary arrived early at the German Front in France in response to the burning of Belgium. This was likely the cause of social disruption in France as villages did not wish to house soldiers when there was no obvious current war. They were also exhausted before the precipice of the war by jumping in before they had intended and rationed for. They were, however able to slow the German forces' march into the heart of France while strengthening the relationship between France and Great Britain.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians' mobilization? The Russians' swift speed of mobilization caused Germany to raise her hackles. The German paranoia of Russian threat was only fed by Russian troops moving towards their border. However, Russia got ahead of themselves and tried to simultaneously invade Austria-Hungary and Germany and, while Austria fell, Germany was able to push back against the fabric of the Russian army that had been stretched too thin. The Russians lost a great deal of resources and ammunition that they had taken great pains and time to build. The victory fed the German morale and set Russia back greatly in terms of resources, men and strength. 8. The Battle of the Marne At the Battle of the Marne, Germany pushed France and the BEF back to retreat behind the River Marne. The German forces were suffering at this point from a drain of resources and food, while the French had the home field advantage in that respect. The Allies gained the upper hand in the Battle of the Marne and were able to push the Germans back to the River Aisne. 9. The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front The Battle of the Aisne saw the first use of major trench warfare. The artillery was advanced enough that, from a trench one could have large scale howitzers to cover a few miles with machine to cover the middle range. Trench warfare brought an even grimmer lifestyle into military life and likely prolonged the war. In the end, the Allies got the upper hand on the Battle of the Aisne, giving them the advantage they rode on to win the war. This also dashed all German hopes of a successful execution of the Schlieffen Plan as France proved they would not allow a swift war after pushing their advantage for six weeks. 10. Conclusions: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? The Germans' plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility failed because their change in the approach of France slowed them down a great deal and they could not afford nor had planned for anything but a brief war. Once they were unable to fulfill their first plan of action which was crushed in the late summer of 1914, the Germans had little hope of winning the war though they stuck it out another four years. Had they another plan in the event of the failure of the Schlieffen Plan, the Germans might have had a greater chance of winning the war.
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Samantha Foster IB History Ms. Noce 10-5-13 Schlieffen Plan Questions
1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium? The Germans attacked in Belgium because so that they could attack France from the west. They also wanted get their hands on channel ports for their fleets of ships.
2.Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Germany wanted to keep Alsace-Lorraine because they always thought that it was part of Germany. The Germans also wanted to use this territory so that they could have more land to attack on.
3.What was the German view of Russia? Germany was very wary of Russia considering the fact they were allied with Germany’s enemies back in the west. The less conflict with Russia the better because Germany did not want its enemies to try to circle in on them.
4.How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Sclieffen Plan? Moltke modified the Schlieffen Plan by weakening the right flank of German soldiers which made made the movement of the right flank much slower. The left flank grew stronger and was able to push back French armies and keep them on the defensive. Moltke modified the Schlieffen in order to counteract the military strength of the French.
5.What was the effect of the early arrival at the front to the BEF? The British Expeditionary Force had been sent to give aid to the French Armies. France along with BEF patrolled the French Frontiers. Since Britain and France were working together, they were able to fight off the German amry.
6.What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? Russia had mobilized more quickly than Germany had expected which caused Germany to feel very threatened as Russia trudged along the German borders. However, Russia made the mistake of taking on both Austria-Hungary and Germany which resulted in Russia losing a vast amount of equipment and ammunition that had taken them so long to build up. Russian never truly recovered from this loss which had greatly boosted the self-confidence of the Germans.
7.The Battle of Marne This battle took place in September of 1914. Germany had successfully beaten the Belgian, French, and British armies and now proceeded to advance into north eastern Paris. France, under the direction of Commander-in-chief Joseph Joffre, launched a counter offensive strike consisting of 150,000 men to attack the right flank of the German army. France launched a surprise attack In order to spread the gap between the first and second German armies on September 8th. In the end, France and Britain were able to successfully throw back the German offensive. 8.The Battle of the Aisne ad the stabilization of the front. This battle was an offensive fight between the allied forces and the right wing of the first and second German army. On September 13, French armies aided by the British launched an assault on Germany’s defensive positions. Despite the many advances of the allied powers, Germany had counter attacks the kept the allied powers back. The fighting stopped on the 28th of September once it became clear that neither side could perform a proper attack on well secured grounds of the enemy.
9.Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Germany’s plan for a swift victory through a war mobility failed because they underestimated their opponents. Part of the Schlieffen plan was created so that Germany could eliminate France from the war and had assumed that this would take up to six weeks. In order to do so, German soldiers had to attack France from Belgium but Germany hadn’t expected Belgium to put up a strong resistance against them. Because Germany was being held up by the Belgians, France and Britain were able to move and act faster than the Germans. Poor communications between the front liners and headquarters was also responsible for the failure of the Schlieffen plan.
10.Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? Even though ww1 lasted another four years, I definitely think that Germany lost in the summer/autumn of 1914. The Schlieffen plan was supposed to be Germany’s greatest victory but it ended up being its greatest failure. As bold and daring the Schlieffen plan was, I still believe it could have been successful if Germany hadn’t made so many false assumptions on their opponents. For example, Germany should have known that Belgium wouldn’t let them pass freely through their land and should have sent more soldiers to stop Belgium from retaliating against them. Germany had also made the mistake of assuming that Russia would be done mobilizing in six weeks when it actually took Russia less time to do so. I believe the Schlieffen plan probably could have worked if Germany hadn’t made such assumptions. Works cited historylearningsite.co.uk(n.d.) The Schlieffen Plan accessed October 5, 2013 from http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/schlieffen_plan.htm
firstworldwar.com (n.d.) The Planning of the War accessed October 5, 2013 from http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/plans.htm
1. Why did Germany attack Belgium? The Germans had a plan called the Schleiffen plan and it involved going through Belgium and into France. The plan didn’t turn out to be the way they wanted it to be because Belgium had tried to slow down the transportation of German supplies by destroying railway lines. The Germans got mad because Belgium wouldn’t let them walk by so they attacked. 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Germany had planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine because they wanted to prevent France from gaining any additional land. This plan had slowed the France army and they had returned back to Paris. 3. What was the German view of Russia? Germany had saw Russia as a threat because the Russians had began to mobilize their army on their territory. This made the Germans feel unsafe and they felt the need to prepare for the Russian army. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the schlieffen plan? The schlieffen plan had fail because the army’s headquarters had given no help to moltke which led to uncontrollable actions in the future. The German army wasn’t trained well for the Russian threats. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF? The British expeditionary force was sent to Belgium to help France fight Germany. They were supporting the French army as much as they could because they were in an alliance. 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? The effect of the rapidity of the Russian mobilization was that Russia’s army force was damaged, they lost a lot of their men and had most of their equipment destroyed. They basically wasted a lot of their time and money because they had risked taking on Germany and Austria-Hungary, which was a stupid idea. 8. The battle of the Marne In the battle of the Marne the French had made a counter attack on the Germans at the river Marne. The Germans were lacking shelter and the German forces were exhausted. This battle was a victory for the French and Germany had retreated. 9. The battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the front The battle of Aisne was an offensive battle between the allied forces. The allies began attacking Germany because they realized that Germany was going to retreat at the Aisne. The Germans had used heavy weapon machines to show their defense. In the end neither of the battle neither side had a victory. 10. Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? I think the Germans had a nice planned out job but the reason why they failed was because they weren’t smart enough and they actually thought that Belgium would just let them enter France easily. Maybe if they had a plan B they might have been successful but I also feel like they forced their plan and didn’t try to plan out something smarter and better. yes I do think that the war was lost by the Germans because the German military forces had caused great damage to other countries.
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Mu Ying Yu IB World History Ms. Noce October 5, 2013 Schlieffen Plan Questions 1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium? Germany attack in Belgium because Germany wanted to use Belgium as an invasion route into France, but Belgium rejected. However, Britain had a treaty to guaranteed Belgium’s neutrality. Therefore, Britain warned Germany to stop the planned invasion, if not the two countries would be in war. Germany does not listen to the warning and lastly it attack Belgium right away. 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Germany planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine because it’s part of Germans, and during the consequence of the Franco-German war. Germany won and the ‘prize’ they want was the Alsace-Lorraine region. Another thing was Rhine was on the other side, which will make it easy for the German that they don’t have to cross over the river to go to war. 3. What was the German view of Russia? The German view of Russia was allied friends; because they had trade relationship and Germany help Russia to reject the EU-Wide energy to reduce the Europe’s dependency. Since they are allied friend, that’s why Germany doesn’t want to hurt their relationships between each other. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Moltke fatally adapted the Schlieffen Plan because they are afraid of the great European War. As a result, they counter in defending the west against France and attack east to form small territorial gains. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? The Britain Expeditionary Force arrival early to German Front was French, Germany and British force together to confront the strength of modern firepower and all shock to devastate. 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? The effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization was caused Germany to stand with Austria and go against Russia. However, Germany took as a threat and declared war. After the war, Russia had a great lost. 7. The Battle of the Marne The battle occurred at Sept. 6, 1914 and located at Banks of Marne River, France-Western Front. France and Britain are allied and Germany is the central power. Germany launched to beaten France and Britain successfully and the next step goes forward to the eastern Paris. However, at the end France and Britain got the power and push Germany out. The outcome of this movement leads to the First World War. 8. The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front It occurred at Sept. 13, 1914 and located at the Banks of the Aisne River, France. France, Britain and Germany tried to outflank the north, to stations their troops and put themselves into the offensive positions. Because of the allied power, Germany react attack to keep their allied power. At the end no one had a proper way that will protect themselves and the attack of enemy. 9. Your conclusions: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? The German plans for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail because they overwhelming the superiority either the German army or the materials. In the Schlieffen Plan, Germany are too slow that France already offensive them and move their troops smoothly.
10. Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? I think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914, because the Schlieffen Plan is not perfect enough to defeat all the enemies. If they think of backup plans while creating the Schlieffen Plan, they might lost that much.
Dianna Colon IB World History 11 Ms.Noce Schlieffen Plan Questions
1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium? - The German government wrote a letter to the Belgian government insisting for its troops to have the right of free movement across Belgium in order for the latter to quickly overrun France and wind up at Paris. Unfortunately, the Belgian government’s response to the letter was a definite rejection of free movement. Due to Belgian’s response, Germany decided to declare war on France as well as to invade Belgium 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? - After Germany seized Alsace-Lorraine she decided to hold them because it had large French populations. France believed to be a natural leader of Europe so they really disliked the fact that Germany was more powerful than them. 3. What as the German view of Russia? - Germany disliked Russia because Russia was forming an alliance with Germany’s enemy; in this case it was an ally with France. Also, a Russian offensive made Germans redirect their forced from the drive on Paris. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? - In 1906, Alfred von Schlieffen was replaced by Helmuth von Moltke to be the German Army Chief of Staff. Moltke changed the Schlieffen plan by not attacking/invading the Netherlands as well as in reducing the strength of the right wing. Moltke was sure that the Belgian army would not turn down an immense German attack. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? - The invasion of Belgium was the reason why the BEF was needed to stop Germany. British had a small army, but most of it was sent to France as the BEF. Although the BEF was small, it was able to slow down the Germans. 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? - The effect of the Russians mobilization was on the pace that diplomacy gave way to both general and mobilization war. 8. The Battle of the Marne: - The Battle of the Marne was known as the encounter that France and Britain noticed damage in the German line, which was a gap between Germans first and second armies, and so they attacked. The German army was then obligated to withdraw to a area north of the Aisne River where they established. 9. The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front: - The Battle of the Aisne was an attack by allies that were against Germany’s first and second armies’ defensive areas across the river at the Aisne. 10. Conclusions: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? - The German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility failed because they felt as if they were better than the other countries so they didn’t think about any problems that could’ve occurred along the way. I feel as if the Germans had another plan (a back up) other than the Schlieffen plan they could’ve probably won the war especially because of the confidence that Germany had.
1. why did Germany attack in Belgium ? Germany attacked belgium because germany wanted to use belgium as an invasion. That was because they wanted to get their hands on channel ports for their fleets of ships.
2. why did germany plan to hold alsace-lorraine ? This was because germany thought that they was apart of them but germany just really wanted to use them.
3. what was germans view of russia ? They seen russia as a threat so germany wanted to make sure that they was prepared for the russian army
4. How and why did moltke fatally adapt the schlieffen plan ? It was a fail because there was no help so it just all fell apart , it was uncontrollable
5. what was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF ? it was sent to belgium to help france fight the german. they were working together in this it was an alliance so they had no choice but to help each other
6. what was the effect of the rapidity of the russians mobilisation ? the effect was that russia army force was messed up and they had lost a lot of their men and a lot of their stuff was destroyed.
8. The battle of the marne the battle happened on september 6, 1914 what happen was that france and britain are allied and germany was the central power. germany made the france and britain get beaten but then france and britain go germany out of the way.
9. The battle of the aisne and the stabilisation of the front it was a fight between the allied forces and rights .germany had all the attacks to allie the power back but all the fights stopped once it became clear that both sides could attack of the grounds of the enemy.
10. why did the german plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail ? this was because it was all planned out the right way but they really wasnt smart so it caused to fail. Do you think that the war despite lasting another four years was effectively lost by the germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? the germans would have more of a chance to winning the war because they had hope not like the other people
work sites; http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/alsacelorraine. firstworldwar.com The history place – 1914
Question 1: Why did Germany attack in Belgium? - Germany attacked Belgium because it was the only way Germany moved around the French army which were the opposite force. It was easier to move around the French army because it was a quicker way to get a hold of Paris. Question 2: Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? - Germany planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine due to the fact that it gave Germany a chance to be able to own more land even though the Germans thought that land was already theirs regardless. Question 3: What was the German view of Russia? - Since Russia was becoming allies with France, which was Germany disliked country, Germany started not to like Russia as well. Even though, they both had their similarities and differences. Question 4: How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? - Moltke fatally adapted the Schlieffen Plan because he revised the plan. Changes to the this plan caused it to be more weaker such as Germany starting the attack towards France regardless if France was prepared. This meant Russia had little time to get things moving as well as Germany defeating France within a certain amount of time. Due to these changes, not a lot was accomplished as it should’ve if the plan wasn’t changed. Question 5: What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? - The British Expeditionary Force was sent to the Front to provide towards the French armies, basically the BEF had France back in case anything was to break out. Germany on the other hand didn’t have much provided. Question 6: What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation? - Due to the Russians rapidly mobilisation, the Russians had a lot of bad outcomes. Since they attacked Germany and Austria-Hungary very quickly they had lots of damaged supplies, supplies running out and lots of dead men. If Russia was to take their time, things would’ve gone way different between the countries. Question 7: Battle of Marne - The Battle of the Marne happened in September of 1914. The Battle had a goal to achieve which was to bring an end to the First World War. Germany conquered Belgium and Northeastern France. While, the German armies moved quickly towards Paris, France was preparing themselves for whatever can happen. Afterwards, Paris was surrounded by the German armies from the east. France left Paris and got Bordeaux instead. The battle ended on September 10, leaving Germany with no hope towards war at the Western Front. Question 8:The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilisation of the Front? - The Battle of the Aisne happened in 1914 right after the Battle of the Marne. This battle brought an end to the mobilisation warfare at the western front. Before the Germans had their new positions, the battle already begun. Due to the allies, Germany felt attacked since the allied powers were all against the army as we all any relations they had at the river of Aisne. Question 9: Conclusions: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? - I believe the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility failed because Germany believed they had more power than every other country as well as the changes towards the Schlieffen Plan made everything much weaker such as the attack from Germany to France which was a total fail. Also, despite that the war lasting so long it was effectively lost by the Germans because they didn’t have a powerful technique which would’ve helped them throughout as well as not being changed just like the Schlieffen Plan.
Jerilys Santiago IB World History Ms.Noce Schliefflen Plan Questions Question # 1: Why did Germany attack in Belgium? - Belgium was neutral and had a treaty with Great Britain in which stated Belgium’s protection by Great Britain. Germany wanted to invade France and Germany’s plan was to attack through Belgium because it would’ve been much easier than through the Franco-German border. Question # 2: Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? - Germany wanted to hold Alsace-Lorraine because they wanted to be more powerful than France and it made it easier for Germany to attack France. Question # 3: What was the German view of Russia? - Germany didn’t like Russia because they didn’t want to accept that Russia was becoming more powerful than them. Therefore, they wanted to fight Russia to show that they were as powerful or even more powerful than Russia. Question # 4: How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? - Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan because parts of the German army was incapable of destroying small British armies therefore, they weren’t really trained. Also, the path they picked to follow wasn’t the best one because they went directly to Paris instead of encircling it, which gave France time to protect Paris because they realized that Germany was coming from the North. Question # 5: What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? - The BEF was the British force in Europe. The effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF was that they were there to support France in case a battle broke down. Question # 6: What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? - The effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization was that it caused Germany to want to stop Russia from becoming more powerful and stronger. At the end, Russia lost a lot of men and Germany was ahead in the game. Question # 8: Notes on the Battle of Marne. - The Battle of Marne occurred in September 1914. The French won this battle and brought to an end any hope that the Germans had of bringing the war to an early close on the Western Front. Question # 9: Notes on the Battle of Aisne. - The Battle of Aisne was a follow up of the Battle of Marne and it is the name for three battles fought along the Aisne River. In these battles, Germany showed that they were superior then the rest and the Allies only achieved small advances. Question # 10: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? - The German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail because they fact that Moltke fatally adapted the Schlieffen Plan slowed Germany down in achieving more power and strength. I do think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914 because the only plan that they had in order to win their battles against other nations, especially France, went awfully wrong. Therefore, they lost the war. Work Cited: "Germany Invades Belgium." Germany Invades Belgium. N.p., n.d. Web. 03. Oct. 2013. "The Causes of ww1." World War One. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013. "Section 117." Section 117RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013 "Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013.
William Reis IB History Ms.Noce Oct 5, 2013 The Schelieffen Plan Question
1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium? -Germany wanted to attack Belgium because their goal was to capture the Brussels (the Belgium capital). It took Germany over 14 days to capture the land they wished to capture because Germany wasn't expecting Belgium to have such a strong defense, but the Germans still managed to take it over.
2.Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine -Germany took the land Alsace-Lorraine as a prize after defeating France in the Franco-German war. Alsace-Lorraine also had a very rich land for crops/farming.
3.What was Germans view of Russia? -The German's perspective towards the Russia was viewed as a threat. Why? because at that time Russia was allied with France and Germany had lots of problems with the France
4.How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schelieffen plan? -In 1906, Helmuth Von Moltke replaced Alfred Von Schlieffen as the chief of staff towards the Schelieffen plan. When Moltke took over the plan, he made couple of modifications to it, he proposed that German would no longer attack Holland. He also viewed Belgium as a weak force against the Germans so they didn't worry about entering France with out being stopped by Belgium.
5.What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF? -The British Expeditionary Force was allied with France at that time. At the Western Front France and Germany were battling. The British was sent to the front to give France a hand against the Germans, due to France slowly losing to Germany.
6.What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? -The rapidity of the Russian Mobilization had a bad effect due to Russian very large military (with over 5 million soldiers and the largest military out of all the European powers). The army was so big that there were over 300 thousands soldiers with out any weapons.
8.The battle of Marne -The battle of Marne happened during 6-12 of September in 1914, this started with Germany invading Belgium and the northeastern of France, this whole invasion was part of the Schelieffen plan. Germany's goal was to capture Paris. There were over 2 million soldiers that fought in the battle of Marne and according to history this battle is considered to be "the most decisive battles in history".
9. The battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front -This battle was followed up right after the battle of Marne. The whole conflict started September 12 and it ended September 28. Allies (French and Britain) were constantly striking at the German but the Germans demonstrated great defense against the attacks, the battle of Aisne was broke into three different and separate battles. The word "Aisne" comes from the river name which is located on Northern of France (also were some of the battle took place).
10.Your conclusion: Why did German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? -In my opinion i think the Germans didn't focus on the other European powers and the cost of losses but their selves. Unfortunately the plan only bought Germany failure. The Germany's plan (Schlieffen plan) failed because German underestimated other European powers and they were expecting something while that something was a whole different thing
Question 1: Why did Germany attack in Belgium? - Germany had declared war on France so they needed to pass through Belgium. What had soon happened was known to be the best the world has seen because the Belgians resisted against the German soldiers so the Germans captured the stronghold of Liege and eventually Belgium fell shortly after. Question 2: Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? - This tied to the Germans Schlieffen Plan. The Germans knew that the French would be desperate to get back both Alsace and Lorraine (territory that the French lost in the war of 1870-71). The Germans knew they’d have to fight on two fronts, that’s why they planned to get rid of the French within a matter of 6 weeks before dealing with Russia who they thought would take a while to start mobilizing. Question 3: What was the German view of Russia? - The Germans view of the Russians was that they knew they were going to have to deal with them eventually, just not as quick as what happened. The Germans thought it was going to take them three months to mobilize their army after they invade the French (due to the lost in the war between the Russians and Japanese). The Germans also thought it would take the Russians awhile because the Russians paper work wasn’t fully completed. Question 4: How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? - Moltke had no faith in his German army so he bumped up his army’s numbers. He felt as if the Schlieffen plan was a good plan so he kept with it. Eventually he found out the Schlieffen plan wasn’t such a good plan after all. Question 5: What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF? - All the BEF were ordinary men who grew up in a normal childhood/ Adulthood. When they arrived they were going up against new dieses coming from other countries, so the BEF were up for more than expected on the Western Front. Question 6: What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? - The effect of the Russians mobilizing their army quick caught the Germans off guard. This put sort of a hole in their Schlieffen Plan because the Germans couldn’t beat the French army quick enough because the French were putting up more of a fight than expected and the Russian troops were beginning to close in on them. The reason for the Russians quick response on mobilizing their army was because they didn’t want to let down Serbia again like the first time. Question 8: The Battle of the Marne.
- The Germans resources were running low as they passed through Belgium heading into Paris. For fear of Paris spotting the Germans weakness Moltke ordered for the 1st and 2nd March to come to a halt. The French were getting help from British Expeditionary Force as they promised. On the morning of September 6th the Allies attacked the Germans 1st marched army. The battles were continuous over the next couple days, then the Allies surprised attacked the Germans 2nd marched army. Eventually the German army called for a retreat. This was a significant win to the Allied Powers. Question 9: The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the front. - On May 27th Germans started firing on Allied Lines. They advanced 12 miles in while in battle between French and British. They were taking out four French divisions as long with four British Divisions along the cities. Question 10: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? - The Germans plan for a swift victory failed because they based their Schlieffen Plan off guesses if I could say so myself. I say that because they “thought” they were going to be able to get rid of the French army within a matter of six weeks. Then the also “thought” it was going to take the Russians 3 months to mobilize their army, which they were also wrong about. I wouldn’t say the war was lost by the Germans so early but I would say they were leading themselves into failure. They were trying to do more than they actually could and eventually paid the price for it later in the Treaty of Versailles.
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1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium ? Well, this started August 2,1914. Germany wanted war with France and so what Germany did was wrote a letter. It said " they want free passage across". This would be easier from there and Belgium told them no, so Germany attacked. 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? This started with the Schileffen plan, because France lost Alsace and Lorraine, and Germany was thinking France would be desprete to fight for them back. Germany wanted to battle on to fonts. With this Germany wanted to battle Russia and France. 3.What was the German view of Russia? By looking at the map, German viewed Russia as a big theart. Reason why because there were so much bigger then Germany. Germany had four locations and plans of areas so Germany can take them down. 4.How and why did Moltke adapt the Schlieffen Plan? The way Moltke adapt to the plan because Schlieffn was stepping down. People were saying Moltke was the wrong man to lead, but Schleffen wasn't going be as a strong leader. Moltke adapted because he wanted to win against Britain. This aslo meant fighting France and Russia. He had a alot of support but the plan failed. 5.What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? The BEF, which means " British Expeditionary Force". Germans thought there were going to get an easy win. The BEF turned evetything around for the Germans. 6.What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation? Russia made the mistake of trying to get into Austria and Germany. The effect was Russia lost alot of ammo and tools. Aslo some of the men of Russia didn't have enough rifles. 8.The battle of the Marne. This battle started September six to twelve in 1914. This was the outcome of the war being over which was ww1. This battle was about the Germans, this is when started useing trench warfare. 9.The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilisation of the Front. The Frist Battle of the Aisne was a offensive by" the Allied Forces against the right wing of the German first and second armie". This began September 12 and ended the 28, Germany was holding there ground. 10.Why did the Germans plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility?Do you think the war,despite another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in summer/autumm of 1914? Going again with the Schleffn plan. The plan had strong support but failed. This was the only way Germany thought it would be swift.I think the autumn because Germany really didn't have a good back up plan so they had to struggle. I think if they would had another plan, would of did a little damage.
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Germairy Roman Ms. Noce IB History 11 10/6/13 The Schlieffen Plan Questions 1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium? The reason why Germany attacked in Belgium was because they wanted to Maneuver through Belgium to the coast in order to acquire the channel ports. They then planned to move in a wide arc to the west and south of Paris, almost surrounding the French armies. The Schlieffen Plan failed because they were held up by a strong Belgium resistance. Also the Germans plan to capture the channel ports and get a hold of the French armies failed. The Germans were halted at the First Battle of Marne as a result. 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Germany planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine because it was won by Germany in the Franco-Prussian war and it was lost by France. When this happened France was trying to repossess it. This was good for Germany because it gave them more land and it was taken away from France. Plan XVII was a plan by the French which was about the recapture of Alsace-Lorraine. 3. What was the German view of Russia? The German view of Russia was negative. The reason for that was because of the countries Russia would associate herself with. Russia created an alliance with France and later on Britain which was bad because this countries were not on good terms with Germany. Russia's alliance with France and Britain was created to go against Germany and her alliance with Austria-Hungary. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Helmuth von Moltke took over the schlieffen plan in 1906 after Alfred von Schlieffen's retirement. The Schlieffen Plan had already set in stone but Moltke decided to alter it. Moltke was blamed for this change in plan. Moltke was also blamed for other things like not being able to make up his mind and make decisions and not giving clear orders durin the Battle of the Marne. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF? The effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF was that Germany was defeated. Germany was defeated by the French and the British when the British came to help the French. When Britain arrived they came together to fight Germany. 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation? The Russians mobilised very quickly and Germany was intimidated by that. Russia's swift mobilisation wasn't all good because this cause Russia to lose territory and also a large amount of casualties. This happening helped Germany become less intimidated by Russia.
8. The Battle of Marne The battle of Marne occurred between 6-12 September in 1914. During this time was when Germany planned to carry out the Schlieffen plan. Germany invaded Belgium and France and their plan was to go deep into north-eastern France as said in the Schlieffen plan. The Germans first had their focus on defeating the French in the west before focusing on defeating the Russians on the east. 9. The Battle of Aisne and the stabilisation of the Front The Battle of Aisne was a follow up battle to the Battle of Marne. It began on September 12 and was a follow up offensive by allied forces. The Allied forces were going against Germany. It was said that the allies would have been more successful if their success at the Marne was used in an attack upon Germany's first and second armies. Also the allied forces which contained the British and the French progressed slowly because of them being tired out. 10. Conclusion: Why did the German plan for swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? I think that Germany planned for swift victory through a war of mobility fail because of their failure with the Schlieffen plan. They wanted to quickly try and achieve victory because of their previous faults and show that they were a strong power. I also think that the war was effectively lost by the Germans because of the choices they made. For example when Moltke succeeded Schlieffen he decided to change the Schlieffen Plan and he was also indesicive during the Battle of Marne and I feel that all of that played a part in Germany's loss in the war. Works Cited 1. Handout #5 2. www.firstworldwar.com/features/plans.html
Dimas A. Amezquita IB History 11 Ms. Noce October 6, 2013 Schlieffen Plan Questions
1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium? In 1914, the Germans attacked Belgium to gain access to France, while France was trying to avoid the strong defenses at the border that was shared with Germany. Belgium and France had good relations with each other. The Germans were hoping to be safely and quickly go pass into France, but it did not worked out because Belgium slow down the transportation which had German army’s supplies by destroying railway lines and Germany got mad, and attacked Belgium. Another thing is that Germany wanted to get the channel ports for their ships.
2.Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Germany was planning to hold Alsace-Lorraine from France and its allies because it will not let France from making any territorial goals. Another reason that Germany holds Alsace-Lorraine was that they wanted it to be their territory. So Germany had another land that they owned. It was way for Germany to think they were powerful than France.
3.What was the German View of Russia? Germany view Russia as a threat because of their alliance with the Western enemies that were trying to attack Germany. Also, Germany viewed Russia as having greater power that was better than them. Germany wanted to show that they could have the same power and be as much stronger nation than Russia.
4.How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Moltke created the Schlieffen plan to weakening the right flank of German soldiers and it made the trip to the right flank very slowly. After the left flank was getting stronger and was able to make the French army to push back and be defensive. The Schlieffen plan was a way to prevent the military strength of the French army.
5.What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF? The British Expeditionary came in at the German Front in France with the response of the burnings of Belgium. This situation probably caused disruption in France and the BEF aid the French army. Even though the BEF was a small army, France and BEF were able to slow down the German army. France and Great Britain had a good and strong relationship. So Great Britain had France’s back on any situation with Germany.
6.What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? Russia was able to mobilize very quickly, that Germany never expected. It made Germany to feel threatened as Russia tramped along the German boarders, but there was a problem with Russia mistakenly taking both Austria-Hungary and Germany, and it made Russia lose a lot equipment and ammunition that was taken so long to be able to build up. Russia did not recovered from its loss, and it gave so much confidence to the German army.
8.The Battle of the Marne In September 1914, Germany had beaten Belgium, France, and British armies. Germany wanted to go into north of eastern Paris. Under the direction of Commander-in-chief Joseph Joffre, France launched an offensive strike that consists of 150,000 men to attack the right flank of Germany’s army. After, France made a surprise attack on Germany’s army in order to spread the gap between the first and second German armies. France and Britain were able to throw back the Germany’s army offensive.
9.The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front. The Battle of the Aisne was a fight between the allied forces and the right wing of the first and second German army. French army was aided by the British army and launched an assault on Germany’s defensive positions. With so many advances of the allied powers, Germany had counter attacks and it kept the allied powers to move back. Both nations did not properly attack on secured grounds and the attacks ended.
10.Conclusion: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Germany’s plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility failed because Germany underestimated their opponents throughout the war. Some of the parts of the Schlieffen plan were created so Germany could eliminate France from the war. For Germany to be able to get to the goal, they had to attack France from Belgium, but Germany had not expected for Belgium’s army to put up a strong resistance. Germany was held up by the Belgium’s army, and then France and Great Britain were able to act fast. With poor communications with the front liners and the headquarters, it was a failure of the Schlieffen plan.
Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? I really think that Germany lost the summer/autumn of 1914. The Schlieffen plan was supposed to be Germany’s plan for victory, but it did not work out on what it supposed to be and became a huge fail for Germany throughout the war. I really think that the Schlieffen would have been successful if Germany did not have so many false assumptions on their rivals. One example was Germany should have known that Belgium would not let them pass through their land without a fight and should have been more prepared with a fight against the Belgium’s army. Another was Germany mistakenly assume that Russia would be done mobilizing in about six weeks, but it took less than six weeks. If Germany did not have so many assumptions on their rivals, the Schlieffen plan would have worked.
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ESSAY 1: Why did Germany attack in Belgium? Germany attacked Belgium because Belgium rejected Germany’s ultimatum, which demanded Belgium to allow German troops to pass through to France. The reason they wanted to go through Belgium to France was that they wanted to encircle Paris and attack it, according to the Schlieffen plan.
2: Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Germany intended to keep Alsace-Lorraine because of two reasons: First, its strategic location, which allowed the Germans to shorten the distance between German borders and Paris so German forces could advance more easily and quickly towards Paris. And second, Germany wanted it for its German heritage; Alsace-Lorraine once belonged to Germany. 3: What was the German view of Russia? Germany saw Russia as a threat to them since Britain formed an agreement with Russia (The entente) the Germans thought that Britain and Russia were trying to surround Germany. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Helmuth von Moltke decided to make the decisive change of not risking the loss of Alsace-Lorraine by putting more troops in Alsace, and furthermore the long “scythe” movement towards Paris was changed to a shorter more direct advance. The change in direction of advance towards Paris led the Germans straight into the fortified North of Paris. Thus the plan ultimately failed. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? The quick arrival of the British Expeditionary Force on Ypres bought the British more time to arrive in other cities to the West and aid the French in fighting the Germans. 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians’ mobilization? The Russians mobilized too quickly, they mobilized troops faster than weapons, supplies and ammunition could be sent to them; furthermore they attacked both Austria-Hungary and Germany at the same time. The consequence of this was a major defeat of Russia by the Germans, a significant loss of ammunition, weapons, and men, and a smaller victory against Austria-Hungary. 8. Battle of the Marne In this decisive turn of events, the Germans had progressed to 30 miles from Paris but they were having severe troubles in regards of communication, and supply shortage. The French, aided by the BFE were preparing for a siege of Paris but eventually countered the Germans by separating the two German “wings” and eventually the Germans retreated by order of Moltke. 9. Battle of the Aisne In this battle, the Germans were forced to use trenches to defend from the Allies along the Aisne River (hence the name of the battle). They then held a formidable defense against the Allies, with the Allies later on having little choice but to move north and to flank the German Trenches. This is considered the reason that the War was prolonged. 10. Conclusions Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? The Germans mainly failed due to Moltke’s changes to a rather well thought-out plan. His changes favored keeping Alsace instead of effectively encircling France and defeating them. Another major factor was the lack of effective communication in the German front, which eventually lead to the retreat of German forces. Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? I believe the German did lose the war in 1914, since their main objective was to defeat France and prove themselves to the rest of Europe. They were close to winning, but several problems did not allow them to progress any further; and once the troops settled into trenches, not advancing much with any defeat, they then just began wasting ammunition, resources, and men for an already lost war.
Stephanie Santiago Oct. 6, 2013 IB History Ms. Noce THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN QUESTIONS 1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium? Germany had been thinking of a strategy to take over the European countries. Their idea of a strategy was known as the Schlieffen plan. They wanted to swift through and demolish their opponents. Their disturbance was used for disagreements such as the battle of Tannenberg and well as the French. Intentionally they wanted to release soldiers kept back and practical power of France. The Germans wanted to attack France and end war before the Russians rallied them. Soon later the Germans and Belgians went to war and Germans struggled to continue the Schlieffen plan. They then began to start revolutions to stop countries from getting complex. 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? In 1817, Germans and four French armies joined the Alsace-Lorraine. After the war started, pushed back by the Germans protection the French had caused a disaster after attacking into Alsace-Lorraine. Germans were to go to Paris, France from Alsace-Lorraine. Schlieffen worked toward attacking the French after out shining them. Germans were to protect the Franco-German border so that France could be attacked by them. 3. What was the German view of Russia? Russians had conquered Germany and East Prussia but in 1914 they were terminated by Austrians and Germans during the Tannenberg battle. Russia’s thought of organizing rapidly took longer than expected. Russians had a gap between the Germans because of the invasions on the Eastern Front. During the Russian Revolution of 1917, the resentment had climaxed and caused leader Vladimir Lenin to stop from joining the war. Around December 1917, Germans were free to read to the Western Front and face allies when Russia reached peace with the central powers. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Moltke adapted the Schlieffen plan since the Germans weren’t capable of battling the British. And since they didn’t have a secure plan once they arrived to Paris, France was ready since they had enough time to think of a plan to protect Paris. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? The BEF was known as the British Expeditionary Force. They had crossed the English Channel to France. They had four divisions of foot soldiers and troopers. When they arrived at the Mons and took up spot of the canal. They were to guard the French army’s side during the Charleroi. Sir john French was entitled to attack the Germans. Beforehand the British and Germans had a conflict.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation? Schlieffen was convinced that Russia wasn’t as beneficial as France was. He thought that Russia needed some time to mobilise forces. Schlieffen figured that a tremendous attack would occur between the French and British. Germany would have plenty of time to face the Russians if they conveyed the French and Russians that had been battling. 8. The Battle of the Marne Germans had invaded Belgium and defeated both the French and British. The purpose was for the Schlieffen plan to conquer France before the Russians France was preparing for a blockade with the Germans. 9. The battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front The allies prepared secure wealth at the Marne. Germans had deliberately stopped their solitude at the Aisne. German armies had successfully settled along the North back of the river Aisne. 10. Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? It failed because Germany was taken over with the power by Moltke when he adapted the Schlieffen plan. Yes definitely because they didn’t have a secure powerful plan.
1. why did germany attack in belgium? They wanted to capture the channel ports. Also belgium was kind of a short cut to the west and south of paris. so they can surrond the french troops. germany asked the belgium goverment for passage threw their land so they can get to france. belgium refused so germany decided to go threw belgium anyways. 2. why did germany plan to hold alsace-lorraine? Germany wanted alsace-lorraine because it was said to have many people who speak german. it was also straregically good for germany on their parts. also germany didnt want the french trying to take it back. so they had soliders stationary there to defend it. 3.what was the german view of russia? the germans view of russia was that maybe it was more powerful than them. thats why germany had 9 locations planted in russia when they decided to attack. 4. How and why did moltke fatally adapt the schlieffen plan? Moltke adapted the schlieffen plan because maybe it looked like it was going to fail the first time so he changed it. but it really failed when he changed it the second time. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF? The effect of the early arrival was that it lead to a battle with the germans and the british. the BEF was a small army so they allied with france and they were able to beat germany in this battle. 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the russian mobilisation? the effect of the rapidity was that the russians caught the germans off guard. but there was a problem with that because russia took austria-hungary and germany by accident. also it maybe pushed the soliders right into a battle. 8. The battle of the marne? The germans won the battle of the marne. the battle ended the long month offence with france. thats when the germans attacked france. commander-in-chief joseph joffre made the french offensive army launch about 150,000 man to attack germany. 9. The battle of the aisne and the stabilisation of the front? the battle of aisne was with the allies against germany's superior defence. they killed about 3,000 british soliders during the attack. there was also the use of trench warfare. also the victory of this war brought down the germans hope of the schlieffen plan succeeding. 10. Conclusions 1. why did the germans plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? they changed the way they were going to attack france so that slowed germany down. also after that happened they werent prepard for a war or battle. 2. Do you think that the war,despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? If moltke didnt adapt the plan thw first time in the summer of 1914 germany would have been able to win the war. i give germany respect for knowing that they werent going to win the war. but they still fought four more years with little soliders left.
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Erick Volquez History IB 11 Ms.Noce 10/6/13 Schlieffen Plan Questions
1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium? After the Assassination of the archduke Austria- Hungary went at war with Serbia. This caused what I would like to call a “change reaction of powerful political occurrences” Russia started to help Serbia and Germany was ally of Austria-Hungary. After this, France and Britain joined Russia as the Allies and Germany along with Austria-Hungary and other countries that come along became the central powers. Out of the countries in the central powers, Germany made one of its first moves called the Schlieffen Plan which was a route to defeat and invade French forces. This plan consisted of passing through Belgium which was a neutral country and attack France threw the north. Attacking in Belgium would let them have a north point of view against France and Britain and since Belgium was neutral, they attacked it and took over.
2. Why did Germany Plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Alsace-Lorraine was land at the time, in between France and Germany. Both countries wanted to obtain this land because simply it was land to be added to their territory. Now, Germany wanted to really obtain this land because in Alsace-Lorraine not only would be added to Germany territory but it was convenient to have this land because in this land there were already Germany speakers which was a big reason why this land was a “must have” for Germany.
3. What was the Germany view of Russia? First and foremost, Russia was a HUGE country which gave the impression to other countries as a powerful, impenetrable and stable country. This ideal wasn’t anywhere near intimidating to the Germans so they added Russia as one of their targets in the Schlieffen Plan. While Germany had gone thru Belgium to attack France to the north, they had a strong vision so by sending their troops into Russia; they planned to take over Moscow and in doing this, ending the war.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Moltke had background and experience in modern warfare and high intelligence on dealing with weaponry for troops. Moltke adapted the Schlieffen Plan by combining his intelligence on warfare and weaponry and making it happen because he believed that having it done differently and in another way would have been a dead end. Moltke adapted this plan because he was highly in favor of having France taken down and definitively have Russia under German ruling because this would mean the end of war, more land, and more power.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) made a huge impact because once arriving to France, the helped the French troops who were getting taken over by the German troops that where part of the Schlieffen plan that came from the north. This early arrival meant that the French were not alone and now France and Britain where hand in hand combating these German troops that came aggressively to take over France.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russian mobilization? Russia Rushing in making a mobilization caused panic in Germany. Russia was only trying to take precaution just in case Germany would move their troops to Austria-Hungary and attack Russia from there but when Germany saw that Russia did this, they really took it as a threat and decided to bring war upon Russia.
7. Why and with what effect did the French put Plan XVII into operation? After losing to the German troops and loosing Alsace-Lorraine, France was in a tight position for any strategic position. The German Empire was growing which started to seem intimidating but the French adopted a method called Plan XVII which consisted of the troops coming in and fighting in Alsace-Lorraine threw the north which came into a huge effect since in those lands there were German citizens and soldiers so wiping out and taking back this land was something France had in mind which would be a great lost and great affect to the German Empire.
8. The battle of the Marne, 1914 - The purpose of the war was to end the movement of the German troops into France since Germany had already dominated Belgium and North France which was 30 miles away from Paris. Ending this would mean that the Schlieffen Plan would come to an end and Northern France can be free from German authority. -Germany wanted to defeat France which was in the west before attempting to catch Russia’s attention in the East and stop them. -The French received victory and ended any possibility of Germany of taking the capital of France and France itself.
9. The battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front, 1914 -This battle was a continuous of the battle of the Marne and after the defeat of the German troops which was a follow up to continue to stop German troops. -This battle would have been a shutdown of this conflict if the French have kept attacking the German troops while they were retreating. - This battle added little victory to the allied forces but even if they were small effects when all coming together it was a huge step in preventing Germany taking over their land.
10. Why did the German Plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn 1914? If we look back at how Germany worked towards the war, they really based themselves upon mobilizing and trying to expand and attack different points of the allied forces (their capitals/regions etc.) which shows that they did not work as a whole unit maybe feeling trapped and in between led them to do this. I few look closely at the Schlieffen Plan we can see that it was really effective but this seemed so effective to the Germans that they continued to push this instead of creating more powerful and stronger plans by the statistic of how the Schlieffen plan came along. Lack in preparing the country led to Germanys defeat. I definitely believe that the lost of the war was in Germanys hands because this was a country who didn’t develop their intelligence upon multi-operational plans that even if plans like the Schlieffen Plan worked to use others and especially using it upon France who had Britain with it was a really bad political move. Attacking these counties was the same as attacking a country like Russia; Germany had no escape, their glorious imperialistic time had fallen.
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1. Why did Germany attack in Berlgium? Germany attecked Belgium to get to France. They wanted to attack France but to attack them they had to go trough Belgium and the Belgians did not want Germany to go trough their countrie. 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? The Alsace-Lorraine was atractive to Germany because it had a lot of resources wich was nesecery because Germany had a grown population. 3. What was the German view of Russia? Germany did not like Russia very well. You could say they where almost jealous of them and Germany had a feeling that they had to build up their army to be on the same level as Russia. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Moltke changed the plan to go trough Belgium, which was neutral to go derectlyFrance. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF? In response to the burning and other atrocities in belgium by Germany, the British landed on the coast of France earlier than they should have been. France and Britian where allies, the people who lived in the towns did not want the soldiers in their houses wich caused tension . 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians' mobilization? Russia's speed caused them to be impulsive and they invaded Austria-Hungary. Germany pushed them back and it was a desaster for Russia and for Germany it was a moral boost 9.The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front The Aisne battle was an offensive battle between the Allied forces which began on September 12. 1914 10. Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? I think the fact that Belgium did not just had let passed the Germans trough their countrie trouged the German of the track. They didn't expected to bacame it like that and thats the reason why the Schlieffen Plan failed.
Madelis Mejia Oct. 6, 2013 Ms.Noce IB World History 1) Why did Germany attack in Belgium? Germany attacked Belgium. Why? Well, originally Germany was planning on attacking France, but they wanted to be sneaky and go into France the back way; going through Belgium. So when the Germans tried to go through Belgium, Belgium wasn't going to let that happen. They tried to defend themselves leading Germany to strike back. 2) Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Germany planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine because of these 4 reasons; 1- it was in between France and Germany, so the Germans believed that it would be a perfect add on to their territory. 2-Most of the people who lived in Alsace-Lorraine spoke German, so of course why not just give the territory to Germany. 3- Germans didn't want France to have more territory then them. 4- Because of the bridge in Alsace-Lorraine connected to France, Germany would have a way easier way to attacked France. 3) What was the German view of Russia? Germany view of Russia wasn't so good. Germany saw Russia as a threat; Russia was allies with Germany’s enemies, France. Germany tried not to stir the pot with Russia because if they did then Germany would be going to war with Russia AND France. 4) How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Helmuth Von Moltke fatally adapted the Schlieffen Plan because the plan failed. The way Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan was by improving their defense system; preparing for Russia to strike. Also by trying not to stir the pot with the Netherlands. 5) What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF? The effect o the early arrival at the front of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) wasn't really what they expected. The British were pretty upset with the outcome. But at least a little effect was made. The BEF manage to slow down the German forces.
6) What was the effected of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization? The effected of the rapidity of the Russians mobilizations was that Germany wanted Russia’s military system to gain power or be stronger. Russians lost territory, and many of their soldiers died. 7) The Battle of the Marne In September 1914 Germany defeated Belgium and France. Germany wanted to invade north of Paris. Chief Joffre of France sent 1500,000 soldiers to defend their country from Germany. France made many surprise attacks in Germany. After the attacks the German army was as good as it was before because many of the German soldiers died because of the surprised attacks from France. 8) The Battle of the Aisne and the Stabilization of the Front The Battle of Aisne was the battle that accorded after the Battle of the Marne. The Battle of Aisne was also called the Second Battle of the Marne. The Battle of Aisne started on September 12th and ended September 28th. The battle was between the allied forces and Germany. The allies planned to attack Germany because they found out that Germany was going to withdraw Aisne. The Germans used very powerful weapon machines. 9) Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? The German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail was because Germany had a huge ego and believed they were better than all of the other countries. Long story short, Germany wasn't as good as they thought they were, that’s why their plan failed. 10) Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? Of course I believe the Germans lost four long years! I believe this because they made up the plan and the plan failed. Then they tried to fix the plan but, the outcome wasn't as big as they thought it would be. All they did was cause more unnecessary drama.
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Dinia Clairveaux IB History Ms. Noce October 6, 2013
The Schlieffen Plan Questions
1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium? The reason why Germany planned an attacked on the Belgium was because Germany wanted to use her as a passageway to get to France. Germany had sent Belgium a message demanding her to give her permission but Belgium said no. So Germany attacked her territory. 2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine? Germany wanted to gain Alsace-Lorraine because France thought she was Europe’s ruler. And taking Alsace-would limit france’s land gain. 3. What was the German view of Russia ? The german’s view Russia as a threat because Russia was advancing in land which meant more power. Russia also had alliances with Germany’s enemy which was France. 4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan? Moltke adapted the Schlieffen Plan by still wanting to invade Belgium Moltke wanted to ambush the france from the North and South instead of the west. 5. What was the effect of the early arrival of the Front of the BEF? The BEF was the British Expeditionary Force. It was sent by Britain to help the france in her conflicts in with her European enemies. 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation? The effect of the rapidity of the Russian mobilisation was it made Germany see Russia as a threat that she need to put an end to. So Germany went to war with Russia and won. 8. The Battle of the Marne The battle occurred on september 1914. france launched a surprise attack on Germany’s second army. The French lost 250,000 men.Germany lost about the same amount or even more. And the British lost 12,133 men. The French won. 9. The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Font The battle of the Aisne happen on the River Aisne on 1914.it took place right after the Marne battle.The battle lasted 16 days. the battle of the Aisne consisted of three different battles. they were all fought between the French, Britain and Germany. 10A. Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility It failed because the Germans use the adaption of the Schlieffen Plan which had failed. It is common sense that if your first plan failed what would make another one base on the first one that also wasn’t successful. 10B. Do you think that the war , despite lasting another four years was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914? Yes because the plan they made was based off the old one therefore that what caused their downfall.
1. Why did Germany attack Belgium?
ReplyDeleteThe Germans chose to attack Belgium in 1914 in order to gain access to the France while avoiding the strong defenses along the border they shared with Germany. As Belgium was neutral and had good relations with France, the Germans hopes to be able to safely and quickly pass into France. This did not however go as smoothly as planned because German troops massacred as they went and this offence of Belgium’s neutrality greatly appalled and offended the allies.
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
German officials planned to hold Alsace Lorraine from the French and Allies to prevent France from having an easy time of making their territorial goals. Alsace-Lorraine also served as a bridge into France; if it was German, their military could glide right through it and have less to fight through to get to the heart of France.
3. What was the German view of Russia?
Germany saw Russia as a threatening neighbor whose alliance with their western enemies served to box Germany in and immobilize them for attack. The Germans also viewed Russia as a greater power that looked down upon them and they wished to show that they were equal to if not stronger and more powerful than Russia.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
The Schlieffen Plan was adapted by Moltke in such a way that led to its failure. Without universal understanding throughout the German military, the plan was changed to push through neutral Belgium in the first part of the plan’s attack on France which brought the power of Great Britain into the occasion due to the atrocities of the massacre of Belgium. This also wasted precious energy and resources as well as being an ineffective modification due to poor communication and implementation.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
The British Expeditionary arrived early at the German Front in France in response to the burning of Belgium. This was likely the cause of social disruption in France as villages did not wish to house soldiers when there was no obvious current war. They were also exhausted before the precipice of the war by jumping in before they had intended and rationed for. They were, however able to slow the German forces' march into the heart of France while strengthening the relationship between France and Great Britain.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians' mobilization?
ReplyDeleteThe Russians' swift speed of mobilization caused Germany to raise her hackles. The German paranoia of Russian threat was only fed by Russian troops moving towards their border. However, Russia got ahead of themselves and tried to simultaneously invade Austria-Hungary and Germany and, while Austria fell, Germany was able to push back against the fabric of the Russian army that had been stretched too thin. The Russians lost a great deal of resources and ammunition that they had taken great pains and time to build. The victory fed the German morale and set Russia back greatly in terms of resources, men and strength.
8. The Battle of the Marne
At the Battle of the Marne, Germany pushed France and the BEF back to retreat behind the River Marne. The German forces were suffering at this point from a drain of resources and food, while the French had the home field advantage in that respect. The Allies gained the upper hand in the Battle of the Marne and were able to push the Germans back to the River Aisne.
9. The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front
The Battle of the Aisne saw the first use of major trench warfare. The artillery was advanced enough that, from a trench one could have large scale howitzers to cover a few miles with machine to cover the middle range. Trench warfare brought an even grimmer lifestyle into military life and likely prolonged the war. In the end, the Allies got the upper hand on the Battle of the Aisne, giving them the advantage they rode on to win the war. This also dashed all German hopes of a successful execution of the Schlieffen Plan as France proved they would not allow a swift war after pushing their advantage for six weeks.
10. Conclusions: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
The Germans' plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility failed because their change in the approach of France slowed them down a great deal and they could not afford nor had planned for anything but a brief war. Once they were unable to fulfill their first plan of action which was crushed in the late summer of 1914, the Germans had little hope of winning the war though they stuck it out another four years. Had they another plan in the event of the failure of the Schlieffen Plan, the Germans might have had a greater chance of winning the war.
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Ms. Noce
10-5-13
Schlieffen Plan Questions
1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
The Germans attacked in Belgium because so that they could attack France from the west. They also wanted get their hands on channel ports for their fleets of ships.
2.Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Germany wanted to keep Alsace-Lorraine because they always thought that it was part of Germany. The Germans also wanted to use this territory so that they could have more land to attack on.
3.What was the German view of Russia?
Germany was very wary of Russia considering the fact they were allied with Germany’s enemies back in the west. The less conflict with Russia the better because Germany did not want its enemies to try to circle in on them.
4.How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Sclieffen Plan?
Moltke modified the Schlieffen Plan by weakening the right flank of German soldiers which made made the movement of the right flank much slower. The left flank grew stronger and was able to push back French armies and keep them on the defensive. Moltke modified the Schlieffen in order to counteract the military strength of the French.
5.What was the effect of the early arrival at the front to the BEF?
The British Expeditionary Force had been sent to give aid to the French Armies. France along with BEF patrolled the French Frontiers. Since Britain and France were working together, they were able to fight off the German amry.
6.What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
Russia had mobilized more quickly than Germany had expected which caused Germany to feel very threatened as Russia trudged along the German borders. However, Russia made the mistake of taking on both Austria-Hungary and Germany which resulted in Russia losing a vast amount of equipment and ammunition that had taken them so long to build up. Russian never truly recovered from this loss which had greatly boosted the self-confidence of the Germans.
7.The Battle of Marne
ReplyDeleteThis battle took place in September of 1914. Germany had successfully beaten the Belgian, French, and British armies and now proceeded to advance into north eastern Paris. France, under the direction of Commander-in-chief Joseph Joffre, launched a counter offensive strike consisting of 150,000 men to attack the right flank of the German army. France launched a surprise attack In order to spread the gap between the first and second German armies on September 8th. In the end, France and Britain were able to successfully throw back the German offensive.
8.The Battle of the Aisne ad the stabilization of the front.
This battle was an offensive fight between the allied forces and the right wing of the first and second German army. On September 13, French armies aided by the British launched an assault on Germany’s defensive positions. Despite the many advances of the allied powers, Germany had counter attacks the kept the allied powers back. The fighting stopped on the 28th of September once it became clear that neither side could perform a proper attack on well secured grounds of the enemy.
9.Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail?
Germany’s plan for a swift victory through a war mobility failed because they underestimated their opponents. Part of the Schlieffen plan was created so that Germany could eliminate France from the war and had assumed that this would take up to six weeks. In order to do so, German soldiers had to attack France from Belgium but Germany hadn’t expected Belgium to put up a strong resistance against them. Because Germany was being held up by the Belgians, France and Britain were able to move and act faster than the Germans. Poor communications between the front liners and headquarters was also responsible for the failure of the Schlieffen plan.
10.Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
Even though ww1 lasted another four years, I definitely think that Germany lost in the summer/autumn of 1914. The Schlieffen plan was supposed to be Germany’s greatest victory but it ended up being its greatest failure. As bold and daring the Schlieffen plan was, I still believe it could have been successful if Germany hadn’t made so many false assumptions on their opponents. For example, Germany should have known that Belgium wouldn’t let them pass freely through their land and should have sent more soldiers to stop Belgium from retaliating against them. Germany had also made the mistake of assuming that Russia would be done mobilizing in six weeks when it actually took Russia less time to do so. I believe the Schlieffen plan probably could have worked if Germany hadn’t made such assumptions.
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1. Why did Germany attack Belgium?
ReplyDeleteThe Germans had a plan called the Schleiffen plan and it involved going through Belgium and into France. The plan didn’t turn out to be the way they wanted it to be because Belgium had tried to slow down the transportation of German supplies by destroying railway lines. The Germans got mad because Belgium wouldn’t let them walk by so they attacked.
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Germany had planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine because they wanted to prevent France from gaining any additional land. This plan had slowed the France army and they had returned back to Paris.
3. What was the German view of Russia?
Germany had saw Russia as a threat because the Russians had began to mobilize their army on their territory. This made the Germans feel unsafe and they felt the need to prepare for the Russian army.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the schlieffen plan?
The schlieffen plan had fail because the army’s headquarters had given no help to moltke which led to uncontrollable actions in the future. The German army wasn’t trained well for the Russian threats.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF?
The British expeditionary force was sent to Belgium to help France fight Germany. They were supporting the French army as much as they could because they were in an alliance.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
The effect of the rapidity of the Russian mobilization was that Russia’s army force was damaged, they lost a lot of their men and had most of their equipment destroyed. They basically wasted a lot of their time and money because they had risked taking on Germany and Austria-Hungary, which was a stupid idea.
8. The battle of the Marne
In the battle of the Marne the French had made a counter attack on the Germans at the river Marne. The Germans were lacking shelter and the German forces were exhausted. This battle was a victory for the French and Germany had retreated.
9. The battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the front
The battle of Aisne was an offensive battle between the allied forces. The allies began attacking Germany because they realized that Germany was going to retreat at the Aisne. The Germans had used heavy weapon machines to show their defense. In the end neither of the battle neither side had a victory.
10. Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
I think the Germans had a nice planned out job but the reason why they failed was because they weren’t smart enough and they actually thought that Belgium would just let them enter France easily. Maybe if they had a plan B they might have been successful but I also feel like they forced their plan and didn’t try to plan out something smarter and better. yes I do think that the war was lost by the Germans because the German military forces had caused great damage to other countries.
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Mu Ying Yu
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Ms. Noce
October 5, 2013
Schlieffen Plan Questions
1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
Germany attack in Belgium because Germany wanted to use Belgium as an invasion route into France, but Belgium rejected. However, Britain had a treaty to guaranteed Belgium’s neutrality. Therefore, Britain warned Germany to stop the planned invasion, if not the two countries would be in war. Germany does not listen to the warning and lastly it attack Belgium right away.
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Germany planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine because it’s part of Germans, and during the consequence of the Franco-German war. Germany won and the ‘prize’ they want was the Alsace-Lorraine region. Another thing was Rhine was on the other side, which will make it easy for the German that they don’t have to cross over the river to go to war.
3. What was the German view of Russia?
The German view of Russia was allied friends; because they had trade relationship and Germany help Russia to reject the EU-Wide energy to reduce the Europe’s dependency. Since they are allied friend, that’s why Germany doesn’t want to hurt their relationships between each other.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Moltke fatally adapted the Schlieffen Plan because they are afraid of the great European War. As a result, they counter in defending the west against France and attack east to form small territorial gains.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
The Britain Expeditionary Force arrival early to German Front was French, Germany and British force together to confront the strength of modern firepower and all shock to devastate.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
The effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization was caused Germany to stand with Austria and go against Russia. However, Germany took as a threat and declared war. After the war, Russia had a great lost.
7. The Battle of the Marne
The battle occurred at Sept. 6, 1914 and located at Banks of Marne River, France-Western Front. France and Britain are allied and Germany is the central power. Germany launched to beaten France and Britain successfully and the next step goes forward to the eastern Paris. However, at the end France and Britain got the power and push Germany out. The outcome of this movement leads to the First World War.
8. The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front
It occurred at Sept. 13, 1914 and located at the Banks of the Aisne River, France. France, Britain and Germany tried to outflank the north, to stations their troops and put themselves into the offensive positions. Because of the allied power, Germany react attack to keep their allied power. At the end no one had a proper way that will protect themselves and the attack of enemy.
9. Your conclusions: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail?
The German plans for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail because they overwhelming the superiority either the German army or the materials. In the Schlieffen Plan, Germany are too slow that France already offensive them and move their troops smoothly.
10. Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
ReplyDeleteI think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914, because the Schlieffen Plan is not perfect enough to defeat all the enemies. If they think of backup plans while creating the Schlieffen Plan, they might lost that much.
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Ms.Noce
Schlieffen Plan Questions
1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
- The German government wrote a letter to the Belgian government insisting for its troops to have the right of free movement across Belgium in order for the latter to quickly overrun France and wind up at Paris. Unfortunately, the Belgian government’s response to the letter was a definite rejection of free movement. Due to Belgian’s response, Germany decided to declare war on France as well as to invade Belgium
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
- After Germany seized Alsace-Lorraine she decided to hold them because it had large French populations. France believed to be a natural leader of Europe so they really disliked the fact that Germany was more powerful than them.
3. What as the German view of Russia?
- Germany disliked Russia because Russia was forming an alliance with Germany’s enemy; in this case it was an ally with France. Also, a Russian offensive made Germans redirect their forced from the drive on Paris.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
- In 1906, Alfred von Schlieffen was replaced by Helmuth von Moltke to be the German Army Chief of Staff. Moltke changed the Schlieffen plan by not attacking/invading the Netherlands as well as in reducing the strength of the right wing. Moltke was sure that the Belgian army would not turn down an immense German attack.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
- The invasion of Belgium was the reason why the BEF was needed to stop Germany. British had a small army, but most of it was sent to France as the BEF. Although the BEF was small, it was able to slow down the Germans.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
- The effect of the Russians mobilization was on the pace that diplomacy gave way to both general and mobilization war.
8. The Battle of the Marne:
- The Battle of the Marne was known as the encounter that France and Britain noticed damage in the German line, which was a gap between Germans first and second armies, and so they attacked. The German army was then obligated to withdraw to a area north of the Aisne River where they established.
9. The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front:
- The Battle of the Aisne was an attack by allies that were against Germany’s first and second armies’ defensive areas across the river at the Aisne.
10. Conclusions: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
- The German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility failed because they felt as if they were better than the other countries so they didn’t think about any problems that could’ve occurred along the way. I feel as if the Germans had another plan (a back up) other than the Schlieffen plan they could’ve probably won the war especially because of the confidence that Germany had.
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Ms.Noce
1. why did Germany attack in Belgium ?
Germany attacked belgium because germany wanted to use belgium as an invasion. That was because they wanted to get their hands on channel ports for their fleets of ships.
2. why did germany plan to hold alsace-lorraine ?
This was because germany thought that they was apart of them but germany just really wanted to use them.
3. what was germans view of russia ?
They seen russia as a threat so germany wanted to make sure that they was prepared for the russian army
4. How and why did moltke fatally adapt the schlieffen plan ?
It was a fail because there was no help so it just all fell apart , it was uncontrollable
5. what was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF ?
it was sent to belgium to help france fight the german. they were working together in this it was an alliance so they had no choice but to help each other
6. what was the effect of the rapidity of the russians mobilisation ?
the effect was that russia army force was messed up and they had lost a lot of their men and a lot of their stuff was destroyed.
8. The battle of the marne
the battle happened on september 6, 1914 what happen was that france and britain are allied and germany was the central power. germany made the france and britain get beaten but then france and britain go germany out of the way.
9. The battle of the aisne and the stabilisation of the front
it was a fight between the allied forces and rights .germany had all the attacks to allie the power back but all the fights stopped once it became clear that both sides could attack of the grounds of the enemy.
10. why did the german plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail ?
this was because it was all planned out the right way but they really wasnt smart so it caused to fail.
Do you think that the war despite lasting another four years was effectively lost by the germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
the germans would have more of a chance to winning the war because they had hope not like the other people
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firstworldwar.com
The history place – 1914
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Question 1: Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
- Germany attacked Belgium because it was the only way Germany moved around the French army which were the opposite force. It was easier to move around the French army because it was a quicker way to get a hold of Paris.
Question 2: Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
- Germany planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine due to the fact that it gave Germany a chance to be able to own more land even though the Germans thought that land was already theirs regardless.
Question 3: What was the German view of Russia?
- Since Russia was becoming allies with France, which was Germany disliked country, Germany started not to like Russia as well. Even though, they both had their similarities and differences.
Question 4: How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
- Moltke fatally adapted the Schlieffen Plan because he revised the plan. Changes to the this plan caused it to be more weaker such as Germany starting the attack towards France regardless if France was prepared. This meant Russia had little time to get things moving as well as Germany defeating France within a certain amount of time. Due to these changes, not a lot was accomplished as it should’ve if the plan wasn’t changed.
Question 5: What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
- The British Expeditionary Force was sent to the Front to provide towards the French armies, basically the BEF had France back in case anything was to break out. Germany on the other hand didn’t have much provided.
Question 6: What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation?
- Due to the Russians rapidly mobilisation, the Russians had a lot of bad outcomes. Since they attacked Germany and Austria-Hungary very quickly they had lots of damaged supplies, supplies running out and lots of dead men. If Russia was to take their time, things would’ve gone way different between the countries.
Question 7: Battle of Marne
- The Battle of the Marne happened in September of 1914. The Battle had a goal to achieve which was to bring an end to the First World War. Germany conquered Belgium and Northeastern France. While, the German armies moved quickly towards Paris, France was preparing themselves for whatever can happen. Afterwards, Paris was surrounded by the German armies from the east. France left Paris and got Bordeaux instead. The battle ended on September 10, leaving Germany with no hope towards war at the Western Front.
Question 8:The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilisation of the Front?
- The Battle of the Aisne happened in 1914 right after the Battle of the Marne. This battle brought an end to the mobilisation warfare at the western front. Before the Germans had their new positions, the battle already begun. Due to the allies, Germany felt attacked since the allied powers were all against the army as we all any relations they had at the river of Aisne.
Question 9: Conclusions: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
- I believe the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility failed because Germany believed they had more power than every other country as well as the changes towards the Schlieffen Plan made everything much weaker such as the attack from Germany to France which was a total fail. Also, despite that the war lasting so long it was effectively lost by the Germans because they didn’t have a powerful technique which would’ve helped them throughout as well as not being changed just like the Schlieffen Plan.
Sources:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/aisne1.htm
http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/britishreactiontogermanstatement.htm
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/marne1.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/schlieffen_plan.htm
Jerilys Santiago
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Ms.Noce
Schliefflen Plan Questions
Question # 1: Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
- Belgium was neutral and had a treaty with Great Britain in which stated Belgium’s protection by Great Britain. Germany wanted to invade France and Germany’s plan was to attack through Belgium because it would’ve been much easier than through the Franco-German border.
Question # 2: Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
- Germany wanted to hold Alsace-Lorraine because they wanted to be more powerful than France and it made it easier for Germany to attack France.
Question # 3: What was the German view of Russia?
- Germany didn’t like Russia because they didn’t want to accept that Russia was becoming more powerful than them. Therefore, they wanted to fight Russia to show that they were as powerful or even more powerful than Russia.
Question # 4: How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
- Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan because parts of the German army was incapable of destroying small British armies therefore, they weren’t really trained. Also, the path they picked to follow wasn’t the best one because they went directly to Paris instead of encircling it, which gave France time to protect Paris because they realized that Germany was coming from the North.
Question # 5: What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
- The BEF was the British force in Europe. The effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF was that they were there to support France in case a battle broke down.
Question # 6: What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
- The effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization was that it caused Germany to want to stop Russia from becoming more powerful and stronger. At the end, Russia lost a lot of men and Germany was ahead in the game.
Question # 8: Notes on the Battle of Marne.
- The Battle of Marne occurred in September 1914. The French won this battle and brought to an end any hope that the Germans had of bringing the war to an early close on the Western Front.
Question # 9: Notes on the Battle of Aisne.
- The Battle of Aisne was a follow up of the Battle of Marne and it is the name for three battles fought along the Aisne River. In these battles, Germany showed that they were superior then the rest and the Allies only achieved small advances.
Question # 10: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
- The German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail because they fact that Moltke fatally adapted the Schlieffen Plan slowed Germany down in achieving more power and strength. I do think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914 because the only plan that they had in order to win their battles against other nations, especially France, went awfully wrong. Therefore, they lost the war.
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"Section 117." Section 117RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013
"Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013.
William Reis
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Ms.Noce
Oct 5, 2013
The Schelieffen Plan Question
1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
-Germany wanted to attack Belgium because their goal was to capture the Brussels (the Belgium capital). It took Germany over 14 days to capture the land they wished to capture because Germany wasn't expecting Belgium to have such a strong defense, but the Germans still managed to take it over.
2.Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine
-Germany took the land Alsace-Lorraine as a prize after defeating France in the Franco-German war. Alsace-Lorraine also had a very rich land for crops/farming.
3.What was Germans view of Russia?
-The German's perspective towards the Russia was viewed as a threat. Why? because at that time Russia was allied with France and Germany had lots of problems with the France
4.How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schelieffen plan?
-In 1906, Helmuth Von Moltke replaced Alfred Von Schlieffen as the chief of staff towards the Schelieffen plan. When Moltke took over the plan, he made couple of modifications to it, he proposed that German would no longer attack Holland. He also viewed Belgium as a weak force against the Germans so they didn't worry about entering France with out being stopped by Belgium.
5.What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF?
-The British Expeditionary Force was allied with France at that time. At the Western Front France and Germany were battling. The British was sent to the front to give France a hand against the Germans, due to France slowly losing to Germany.
6.What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
-The rapidity of the Russian Mobilization had a bad effect due to Russian very large military (with over 5 million soldiers and the largest military out of all the European powers). The army was so big that there were over 300 thousands soldiers with out any weapons.
8.The battle of Marne
-The battle of Marne happened during 6-12 of September in 1914, this started with Germany invading Belgium and the northeastern of France, this whole invasion was part of the Schelieffen plan. Germany's goal was to capture Paris. There were over 2 million soldiers that fought in the battle of Marne and according to history this battle is considered to be "the most decisive battles in history".
9. The battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front
-This battle was followed up right after the battle of Marne. The whole conflict started September 12 and it ended September 28. Allies (French and Britain) were constantly striking at the German but the Germans demonstrated great defense against the attacks, the battle of Aisne was broke into three different and separate battles. The word "Aisne" comes from the river name which is located on Northern of France (also were some of the battle took place).
10.Your conclusion: Why did German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
-In my opinion i think the Germans didn't focus on the other European powers and the cost of losses but their selves. Unfortunately the plan only bought Germany failure. The Germany's plan (Schlieffen plan) failed because German underestimated other European powers and they were expecting something while that something was a whole different thing
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"Spartacus Educational." Schlieffen Plan. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
Duffy, Micheal. "Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com. N.p., 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
"Battle of the Marne Begins." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
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Lin, Vivian. "Immediate Causes of WWI." Immediate Causes of WWI. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
Question 1: Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
ReplyDelete- Germany had declared war on France so they needed to pass through Belgium. What had soon happened was known to be the best the world has seen because the Belgians resisted against the German soldiers so the Germans captured the stronghold of Liege and eventually Belgium fell shortly after.
Question 2: Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
- This tied to the Germans Schlieffen Plan. The Germans knew that the French would be desperate to get back both Alsace and Lorraine (territory that the French lost in the war of 1870-71). The Germans knew they’d have to fight on two fronts, that’s why they planned to get rid of the French within a matter of 6 weeks before dealing with Russia who they thought would take a while to start mobilizing.
Question 3: What was the German view of Russia?
- The Germans view of the Russians was that they knew they were going to have to deal with them eventually, just not as quick as what happened. The Germans thought it was going to take them three months to mobilize their army after they invade the French (due to the lost in the war between the Russians and Japanese). The Germans also thought it would take the Russians awhile because the Russians paper work wasn’t fully completed.
Question 4: How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
- Moltke had no faith in his German army so he bumped up his army’s numbers. He felt as if the Schlieffen plan was a good plan so he kept with it. Eventually he found out the Schlieffen plan wasn’t such a good plan after all.
Question 5: What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF?
- All the BEF were ordinary men who grew up in a normal childhood/ Adulthood. When they arrived they were going up against new dieses coming from other countries, so the BEF were up for more than expected on the Western Front.
Question 6: What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
- The effect of the Russians mobilizing their army quick caught the Germans off guard. This put sort of a hole in their Schlieffen Plan because the Germans couldn’t beat the French army quick enough because the French were putting up more of a fight than expected and the Russian troops were beginning to close in on them. The reason for the Russians quick response on mobilizing their army was because they didn’t want to let down Serbia again like the first time.
Question 8: The Battle of the Marne.
- The Germans resources were running low as they passed through Belgium heading into Paris. For fear of Paris spotting the Germans weakness Moltke ordered for the 1st and 2nd March to come to a halt. The French were getting help from British Expeditionary Force as they promised. On the morning of September 6th the Allies attacked the Germans 1st marched army. The battles were continuous over the next couple days, then the Allies surprised attacked the Germans 2nd marched army. Eventually the German army called for a retreat. This was a significant win to the Allied Powers.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 9: The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the front.
- On May 27th Germans started firing on Allied Lines. They advanced 12 miles in while in battle between French and British. They were taking out four French divisions as long with four British Divisions along the cities.
Question 10: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
- The Germans plan for a swift victory failed because they based their Schlieffen Plan off guesses if I could say so myself. I say that because they “thought” they were going to be able to get rid of the French army within a matter of six weeks. Then the also “thought” it was going to take the Russians 3 months to mobilize their army, which they were also wrong about. I wouldn’t say the war was lost by the Germans so early but I would say they were leading themselves into failure. They were trying to do more than they actually could and eventually paid the price for it later in the Treaty of Versailles.
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“First Battle of the Marne begins.” 2013. The History Channel website. Oct 6 2013, 3:28 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-battle-of-the-marne-begins.
“Third Battle of the Aisne begins.” 2013. The History Channel website. Oct 6 2013, 4:20 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-battle-of-the-aisne-begins.
MacPherson, Major-General W.G. History of the Great War: Medical Services, - Vols 2 (Western Front: France and Belgium, 1914, 1915) and 3 (Western Front 1916, 1917 and 1918; Italy; Egypt and Palestine). The Naval and Military Press, London, UK. (Not dated - original 1923).
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/germanyduringww1.htm
Victor Harris
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1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium ?
Well, this started August 2,1914. Germany wanted war with France and so what Germany did was wrote a letter. It said " they want free passage across". This would be easier from there and Belgium told them no, so Germany attacked.
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
This started with the Schileffen plan, because France lost Alsace and Lorraine, and Germany was thinking France would be desprete to fight for them back. Germany wanted to battle on to fonts. With this Germany wanted to battle Russia and France.
3.What was the German view of Russia?
By looking at the map, German viewed Russia as a big theart. Reason why because there were so much bigger then Germany. Germany had four locations and plans of areas so Germany can take them down.
4.How and why did Moltke adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
The way Moltke adapt to the plan because Schlieffn was stepping down. People were saying Moltke was the wrong man to lead, but Schleffen wasn't going be as a strong leader. Moltke adapted because he wanted to win against Britain. This aslo meant fighting France and Russia. He had a alot of support but the plan failed.
5.What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
The BEF, which means " British Expeditionary Force". Germans thought there were going to get an easy win. The BEF turned evetything around for the Germans.
6.What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation?
Russia made the mistake of trying to get into Austria and Germany. The effect was Russia lost alot of ammo and tools. Aslo some of the men of Russia didn't have enough rifles.
8.The battle of the Marne.
This battle started September six to twelve in 1914. This was the outcome of the war being over which was ww1. This battle was about the Germans, this is when started useing trench warfare.
9.The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilisation of the Front.
The Frist Battle of the Aisne was a offensive by" the Allied Forces against the right wing of the German first and second armie". This began September 12 and ended the 28, Germany was holding there ground.
10.Why did the Germans plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility?Do you think the war,despite another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in summer/autumm of 1914?
Going again with the Schleffn plan. The plan had strong support but failed. This was the only way Germany thought it would be swift.I think the autumn because Germany really didn't have a good back up plan so they had to struggle. I think if they would had another plan, would of did a little damage.
Work cited
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www.worldcrunch.com/Schlieffn plan
Firstworldwar.com/Germany-attack-Belgium
www.historyoftheworld.com
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Germairy Roman
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IB History 11
10/6/13
The Schlieffen Plan Questions
1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
The reason why Germany attacked in Belgium was because they wanted to Maneuver through Belgium to the coast in order to acquire the channel ports. They then planned to move in a wide arc to the west and south of Paris, almost surrounding the French armies. The Schlieffen Plan failed because they were held up by a strong Belgium resistance. Also the Germans plan to capture the channel ports and get a hold of the French armies failed. The Germans were halted at the First Battle of Marne as a result.
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Germany planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine because it was won by Germany in the Franco-Prussian war and it was lost by France. When this happened France was trying to repossess it. This was good for Germany because it gave them more land and it was taken away from France. Plan XVII was a plan by the French which was about the recapture of Alsace-Lorraine.
3. What was the German view of Russia?
The German view of Russia was negative. The reason for that was because of the countries Russia would associate herself with. Russia created an alliance with France and later on Britain which was bad because this countries were not on good terms with Germany. Russia's alliance with France and Britain was created to go against Germany and her alliance with Austria-Hungary.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Helmuth von Moltke took over the schlieffen plan in 1906 after Alfred von Schlieffen's retirement. The Schlieffen Plan had already set in stone but Moltke decided to alter it. Moltke was blamed for this change in plan. Moltke was also blamed for other things like not being able to make up his mind and make decisions and not giving clear orders durin the Battle of the Marne.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF?
The effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF was that Germany was defeated. Germany was defeated by the French and the British when the British came to help the French. When Britain arrived they came together to fight Germany.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation?
The Russians mobilised very quickly and Germany was intimidated by that. Russia's swift mobilisation wasn't all good because this cause Russia to lose territory and also a large amount of casualties. This happening helped Germany become less intimidated by Russia.
8. The Battle of Marne
ReplyDeleteThe battle of Marne occurred between 6-12 September in 1914. During this time was when Germany planned to carry out the Schlieffen plan. Germany invaded Belgium and France and their plan was to go deep into north-eastern France as said in the Schlieffen plan. The Germans first had their focus on defeating the French in the west before focusing on defeating the Russians on the east.
9. The Battle of Aisne and the stabilisation of the Front
The Battle of Aisne was a follow up battle to the Battle of Marne. It began on September 12 and was a follow up offensive by allied forces. The Allied forces were going against Germany. It was said that the allies would have been more successful if their success at the Marne was used in an attack upon Germany's first and second armies. Also the allied forces which contained the British and the French progressed slowly because of them being tired out.
10. Conclusion: Why did the German plan for swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
I think that Germany planned for swift victory through a war of mobility fail because of their failure with the Schlieffen plan. They wanted to quickly try and achieve victory because of their previous faults and show that they were a strong power. I also think that the war was effectively lost by the Germans because of the choices they made. For example when Moltke succeeded Schlieffen he decided to change the Schlieffen Plan and he was also indesicive during the Battle of Marne and I feel that all of that played a part in Germany's loss in the war.
Works Cited
1. Handout #5
2. www.firstworldwar.com/features/plans.html
Dimas A. Amezquita
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Ms. Noce
October 6, 2013
Schlieffen Plan Questions
1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
In 1914, the Germans attacked Belgium to gain access to France, while France was trying to avoid the strong defenses at the border that was shared with Germany. Belgium and France had good relations with each other. The Germans were hoping to be safely and quickly go pass into France, but it did not worked out because Belgium slow down the transportation which had German army’s supplies by destroying railway lines and Germany got mad, and attacked Belgium. Another thing is that Germany wanted to get the channel ports for their ships.
2.Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Germany was planning to hold Alsace-Lorraine from France and its allies because it will not let France from making any territorial goals. Another reason that Germany holds Alsace-Lorraine was that they wanted it to be their territory. So Germany had another land that they owned. It was way for Germany to think they were powerful than France.
3.What was the German View of Russia?
Germany view Russia as a threat because of their alliance with the Western enemies that were trying to attack Germany. Also, Germany viewed Russia as having greater power that was better than them. Germany wanted to show that they could have the same power and be as much stronger nation than Russia.
4.How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Moltke created the Schlieffen plan to weakening the right flank of German soldiers and it made the trip to the right flank very slowly. After the left flank was getting stronger and was able to make the French army to push back and be defensive. The Schlieffen plan was a way to prevent the military strength of the French army.
5.What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF?
The British Expeditionary came in at the German Front in France with the response of the burnings of Belgium. This situation probably caused disruption in France and the BEF aid the French army. Even though the BEF was a small army, France and BEF were able to slow down the German army. France and Great Britain had a good and strong relationship. So Great Britain had France’s back on any situation with Germany.
6.What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
Russia was able to mobilize very quickly, that Germany never expected. It made Germany to feel threatened as Russia tramped along the German boarders, but there was a problem with Russia mistakenly taking both Austria-Hungary and Germany, and it made Russia lose a lot equipment and ammunition that was taken so long to be able to build up. Russia did not recovered from its loss, and it gave so much confidence to the German army.
8.The Battle of the Marne
In September 1914, Germany had beaten Belgium, France, and British armies. Germany wanted to go into north of eastern Paris. Under the direction of Commander-in-chief Joseph Joffre, France launched an offensive strike that consists of 150,000 men to attack the right flank of Germany’s army. After, France made a surprise attack on Germany’s army in order to spread the gap between the first and second German armies. France and Britain were able to throw back the Germany’s army offensive.
9.The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front.
The Battle of the Aisne was a fight between the allied forces and the right wing of the first and second German army. French army was aided by the British army and launched an assault on Germany’s defensive positions. With so many advances of the allied powers, Germany had counter attacks and it kept the allied powers to move back. Both nations did not properly attack on secured grounds and the attacks ended.
10.Conclusion: Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail?
ReplyDeleteGermany’s plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility failed because Germany underestimated their opponents throughout the war. Some of the parts of the Schlieffen plan were created so Germany could eliminate France from the war. For Germany to be able to get to the goal, they had to attack France from Belgium, but Germany had not expected for Belgium’s army to put up a strong resistance. Germany was held up by the Belgium’s army, and then France and Great Britain were able to act fast. With poor communications with the front liners and the headquarters, it was a failure of the Schlieffen plan.
Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
I really think that Germany lost the summer/autumn of 1914. The Schlieffen plan was supposed to be Germany’s plan for victory, but it did not work out on what it supposed to be and became a huge fail for Germany throughout the war. I really think that the Schlieffen would have been successful if Germany did not have so many false assumptions on their rivals. One example was Germany should have known that Belgium would not let them pass through their land without a fight and should have been more prepared with a fight against the Belgium’s army. Another was Germany mistakenly assume that Russia would be done mobilizing in about six weeks, but it took less than six weeks. If Germany did not have so many assumptions on their rivals, the Schlieffen plan would have worked.
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history.com (n.d.) “First Battle of Marne.” accessed October 6, 2013 from http://www.history.com/topics/first-battle-of-marne
firstworldwar.com (n.d.)” The Planning of the War.” accessed October 6, 2013 from http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/plans.htm
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ReplyDelete1: Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
Germany attacked Belgium because Belgium rejected Germany’s ultimatum, which demanded Belgium to allow German troops to pass through to France. The reason they wanted to go through Belgium to France was that they wanted to encircle Paris and attack it, according to the Schlieffen plan.
2: Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Germany intended to keep Alsace-Lorraine because of two reasons:
First, its strategic location, which allowed the Germans to shorten the distance between German borders and Paris so German forces could advance more easily and quickly towards Paris. And second, Germany wanted it for its German heritage; Alsace-Lorraine once belonged to Germany.
3: What was the German view of Russia?
Germany saw Russia as a threat to them since Britain formed an agreement with Russia (The entente) the Germans thought that Britain and Russia were trying to surround Germany.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Helmuth von Moltke decided to make the decisive change of not risking the loss of Alsace-Lorraine by putting more troops in Alsace, and furthermore the long “scythe” movement towards Paris was changed to a shorter more direct advance. The change in direction of advance towards Paris led the Germans straight into the fortified North of Paris. Thus the plan ultimately failed.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
The quick arrival of the British Expeditionary Force on Ypres bought the British more time to arrive in other cities to the West and aid the French in fighting the Germans.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians’ mobilization?
The Russians mobilized too quickly, they mobilized troops faster than weapons, supplies and ammunition could be sent to them; furthermore they attacked both Austria-Hungary and Germany at the same time. The consequence of this was a major defeat of Russia by the Germans, a significant loss of ammunition, weapons, and men, and a smaller victory against Austria-Hungary.
8. Battle of the Marne
In this decisive turn of events, the Germans had progressed to 30 miles from Paris but they were having severe troubles in regards of communication, and supply shortage. The French, aided by the BFE were preparing for a siege of Paris but eventually countered the Germans by separating the two German “wings” and eventually the Germans retreated by order of Moltke.
9. Battle of the Aisne
In this battle, the Germans were forced to use trenches to defend from the Allies along the Aisne River (hence the name of the battle). They then held a formidable defense against the Allies, with the Allies later on having little choice but to move north and to flank the German Trenches. This is considered the reason that the War was prolonged.
10. Conclusions
Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail?
The Germans mainly failed due to Moltke’s changes to a rather well thought-out plan. His changes favored keeping Alsace instead of effectively encircling France and defeating them. Another major factor was the lack of effective communication in the German front, which eventually lead to the retreat of German forces.
Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
I believe the German did lose the war in 1914, since their main objective was to defeat France and prove themselves to the rest of Europe. They were close to winning, but several problems did not allow them to progress any further; and once the troops settled into trenches, not advancing much with any defeat, they then just began wasting ammunition, resources, and men for an already lost war.
SOURCES:
http://www.firstworldwar.com (various articles)
Handout #5
Handout #6
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWschlieffenP.htm Schlieffen Plan, Simkin John.
Stephanie Santiago
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IB History Ms. Noce
THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN QUESTIONS
1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
Germany had been thinking of a strategy to take over the European countries. Their idea of a strategy was known as the Schlieffen plan. They wanted to swift through and demolish their opponents. Their disturbance was used for disagreements such as the battle of Tannenberg and well as the French. Intentionally they wanted to release soldiers kept back and practical power of France. The Germans wanted to attack France and end war before the Russians rallied them. Soon later the Germans and Belgians went to war and Germans struggled to continue the Schlieffen plan. They then began to start revolutions to stop countries from getting complex.
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
In 1817, Germans and four French armies joined the Alsace-Lorraine. After the war started, pushed back by the Germans protection the French had caused a disaster after attacking into Alsace-Lorraine. Germans were to go to Paris, France from Alsace-Lorraine. Schlieffen worked toward attacking the French after out shining them. Germans were to protect the Franco-German border so that France could be attacked by them.
3. What was the German view of Russia?
Russians had conquered Germany and East Prussia but in 1914 they were terminated by Austrians and Germans during the Tannenberg battle. Russia’s thought of organizing rapidly took longer than expected. Russians had a gap between the Germans because of the invasions on the Eastern Front. During the Russian Revolution of 1917, the resentment had climaxed and caused leader Vladimir Lenin to stop from joining the war. Around December 1917, Germans were free to read to the Western Front and face allies when Russia reached peace with the central powers.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Moltke adapted the Schlieffen plan since the Germans weren’t capable of battling the British. And since they didn’t have a secure plan once they arrived to Paris, France was ready since they had enough time to think of a plan to protect Paris.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
The BEF was known as the British Expeditionary Force. They had crossed the English Channel to France. They had four divisions of foot soldiers and troopers. When they arrived at the Mons and took up spot of the canal. They were to guard the French army’s side during the Charleroi. Sir john French was entitled to attack the Germans. Beforehand the British and Germans had a conflict.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation?
ReplyDeleteSchlieffen was convinced that Russia wasn’t as beneficial as France was. He thought that Russia needed some time to mobilise forces. Schlieffen figured that a tremendous attack would occur between the French and British. Germany would have plenty of time to face the Russians if they conveyed the French and Russians that had been battling.
8. The Battle of the Marne
Germans had invaded Belgium and defeated both the French and British. The purpose was for the Schlieffen plan to conquer France before the Russians France was preparing for a blockade with the Germans.
9. The battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front
The allies prepared secure wealth at the Marne. Germans had deliberately stopped their solitude at the Aisne. German armies had successfully settled along the North back of the river Aisne.
10. Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
It failed because Germany was taken over with the power by Moltke when he adapted the Schlieffen plan. Yes definitely because they didn’t have a secure powerful plan.
Cites:
www.firstworldwar.com
www.history.com
Junior Fanfan
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Ms.Noce
1. why did germany attack in belgium?
They wanted to capture the channel ports. Also belgium was kind of a short cut to the west and south of paris. so they can surrond the french troops. germany asked the belgium goverment for passage threw their land so they can get to france. belgium refused so germany decided to go threw belgium anyways.
2. why did germany plan to hold alsace-lorraine?
Germany wanted alsace-lorraine because it was said to have many people who speak german. it was also straregically good for germany on their parts. also germany didnt want the french trying to take it back. so they had soliders stationary there to defend it.
3.what was the german view of russia?
the germans view of russia was that maybe it was more powerful than them. thats why germany had 9 locations planted in russia when they decided to attack.
4. How and why did moltke fatally adapt the schlieffen plan?
Moltke adapted the schlieffen plan because maybe it looked like it was going to fail the first time so he changed it. but it really failed when he changed it the second time.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF?
The effect of the early arrival was that it lead to a battle with the germans and the british. the BEF was a small army so they allied with france and they were able to beat germany in this battle.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the russian mobilisation?
the effect of the rapidity was that the russians caught the germans off guard. but there was a problem with that because russia took austria-hungary and germany by accident. also it maybe pushed the soliders right into a battle.
8. The battle of the marne?
The germans won the battle of the marne. the battle ended the long month offence with france. thats when the germans attacked france. commander-in-chief joseph joffre made the french offensive army launch about 150,000 man to attack germany.
9. The battle of the aisne and the stabilisation of the front?
the battle of aisne was with the allies against germany's superior defence. they killed about 3,000 british soliders during the attack. there was also the use of trench warfare. also the victory of this war brought down the germans hope of the schlieffen plan succeeding.
10. Conclusions
1. why did the germans plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail?
they changed the way they were going to attack france so that slowed germany down. also after that happened they werent prepard for a war or battle.
2. Do you think that the war,despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
If moltke didnt adapt the plan thw first time in the summer of 1914 germany would have been able to win the war. i give germany respect for knowing that they werent going to win the war. but they still fought four more years with little soliders left.
Work cited:
http://www.firstworldwar.com
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/schlieffen_plan.htm
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www.worldcrunch.com/Schlieffn plan
Erick Volquez
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Ms.Noce
10/6/13
Schlieffen Plan Questions
1. Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
After the Assassination of the archduke Austria- Hungary went at war with Serbia. This caused what I would like to call a “change reaction of powerful political occurrences” Russia started to help Serbia and Germany was ally of Austria-Hungary. After this, France and Britain joined Russia as the Allies and Germany along with Austria-Hungary and other countries that come along became the central powers. Out of the countries in the central powers, Germany made one of its first moves called the Schlieffen Plan which was a route to defeat and invade French forces. This plan consisted of passing through Belgium which was a neutral country and attack France threw the north. Attacking in Belgium would let them have a north point of view against France and Britain and since Belgium was neutral, they attacked it and took over.
2. Why did Germany Plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Alsace-Lorraine was land at the time, in between France and Germany. Both countries wanted to obtain this land because simply it was land to be added to their territory. Now, Germany wanted to really obtain this land because in Alsace-Lorraine not only would be added to Germany territory but it was convenient to have this land because in this land there were already Germany speakers which was a big reason why this land was a “must have” for Germany.
3. What was the Germany view of Russia?
First and foremost, Russia was a HUGE country which gave the impression to other countries as a powerful, impenetrable and stable country. This ideal wasn’t anywhere near intimidating to the Germans so they added Russia as one of their targets in the Schlieffen Plan. While Germany had gone thru Belgium to attack France to the north, they had a strong vision so by sending their troops into Russia; they planned to take over Moscow and in doing this, ending the war.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Moltke had background and experience in modern warfare and high intelligence on dealing with weaponry for troops. Moltke adapted the Schlieffen Plan by combining his intelligence on warfare and weaponry and making it happen because he believed that having it done differently and in another way would have been a dead end. Moltke adapted this plan because he was highly in favor of having France taken down and definitively have Russia under German ruling because this would mean the end of war, more land, and more power.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) made a huge impact because once arriving to France, the helped the French troops who were getting taken over by the German troops that where part of the Schlieffen plan that came from the north. This early arrival meant that the French were not alone and now France and Britain where hand in hand combating these German troops that came aggressively to take over France.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russian mobilization?
Russia Rushing in making a mobilization caused panic in Germany. Russia was only trying to take precaution just in case Germany would move their troops to Austria-Hungary and attack Russia from there but when Germany saw that Russia did this, they really took it as a threat and decided to bring war upon Russia.
7. Why and with what effect did the French put Plan XVII into operation?
ReplyDeleteAfter losing to the German troops and loosing Alsace-Lorraine, France was in a tight position for any strategic position. The German Empire was growing which started to seem intimidating but the French adopted a method called Plan XVII which consisted of the troops coming in and fighting in Alsace-Lorraine threw the north which came into a huge effect since in those lands there were German citizens and soldiers so wiping out and taking back this land was something France had in mind which would be a great lost and great affect to the German Empire.
8. The battle of the Marne, 1914
- The purpose of the war was to end the movement of the German troops into France since Germany had already dominated Belgium and North France which was 30 miles away from Paris. Ending this would mean that the Schlieffen Plan would come to an end and Northern France can be free from German authority.
-Germany wanted to defeat France which was in the west before attempting to catch Russia’s attention in the East and stop them.
-The French received victory and ended any possibility of Germany of taking the capital of France and France itself.
9. The battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front, 1914
-This battle was a continuous of the battle of the Marne and after the defeat of the German troops which was a follow up to continue to stop German troops.
-This battle would have been a shutdown of this conflict if the French have kept attacking the German troops while they were retreating.
- This battle added little victory to the allied forces but even if they were small effects when all coming together it was a huge step in preventing Germany taking over their land.
10. Why did the German Plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail? Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn 1914?
If we look back at how Germany worked towards the war, they really based themselves upon mobilizing and trying to expand and attack different points of the allied forces (their capitals/regions etc.) which shows that they did not work as a whole unit maybe feeling trapped and in between led them to do this. I few look closely at the Schlieffen Plan we can see that it was really effective but this seemed so effective to the Germans that they continued to push this instead of creating more powerful and stronger plans by the statistic of how the Schlieffen plan came along. Lack in preparing the country led to Germanys defeat. I definitely believe that the lost of the war was in Germanys hands because this was a country who didn’t develop their intelligence upon multi-operational plans that even if plans like the Schlieffen Plan worked to use others and especially using it upon France who had Britain with it was a really bad political move. Attacking these counties was the same as attacking a country like Russia; Germany had no escape, their glorious imperialistic time had fallen.
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"Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com. N.p., 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
Duffy, Michael. "Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com. N.p., 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
"British Expeditionary Force (BEF)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 July 2008. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
Schschlieffen Plan Questions
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1. Why did Germany attack in Berlgium?
Germany attecked Belgium to get to France. They wanted to attack France but to attack them they had to go trough Belgium and the Belgians did not want Germany to go trough their countrie.
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
The Alsace-Lorraine was atractive to Germany because it had a lot of resources wich was nesecery because Germany had a grown population.
3. What was the German view of Russia?
Germany did not like Russia very well. You could say they where almost jealous of them and Germany had a feeling that they had to build up their army to be on the same level as Russia.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Moltke changed the plan to go trough Belgium, which was neutral to go derectlyFrance.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival at the Front of the BEF?
In response to the burning and other atrocities in belgium by Germany, the British landed on
the coast of France earlier than they should have been. France and Britian where allies, the
people who lived in the towns did not want the soldiers in their houses wich caused tension . 6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians' mobilization?
Russia's speed caused them to be impulsive and they invaded Austria-Hungary. Germany
pushed them back and it was a desaster for Russia and for Germany it was a moral boost 9.The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Front
The Aisne battle was an offensive battle between the Allied forces which began on September 12. 1914
10. Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail?
I think the fact that Belgium did not just had let passed the Germans trough their countrie trouged the German of the track. They didn't expected to bacame it like that and thats the reason why the Schlieffen Plan failed.
Madelis Mejia
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Ms.Noce
IB World History
1) Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
Germany attacked Belgium. Why? Well, originally Germany was planning on attacking France, but they wanted to be sneaky and go into France the back way; going through Belgium. So when the Germans tried to go through Belgium, Belgium wasn't going to let that happen. They tried to defend themselves leading Germany to strike back.
2) Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Germany planned to hold Alsace-Lorraine because of these 4 reasons; 1- it was in between France and Germany, so the Germans believed that it would be a perfect add on to their territory. 2-Most of the people who lived in Alsace-Lorraine spoke German, so of course why not just give the territory to Germany. 3- Germans didn't want France to have more territory then them. 4- Because of the bridge in Alsace-Lorraine connected to France, Germany would have a way easier way to attacked France.
3) What was the German view of Russia?
Germany view of Russia wasn't so good. Germany saw Russia as a threat; Russia was allies with Germany’s enemies, France. Germany tried not to stir the pot with Russia because if they did then Germany would be going to war with Russia AND France.
4) How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Helmuth Von Moltke fatally adapted the Schlieffen Plan because the plan failed. The way Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan was by improving their defense system; preparing for Russia to strike. Also by trying not to stir the pot with the Netherlands.
5) What was the effect of the early arrival at the front of the BEF?
The effect o the early arrival at the front of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) wasn't really what they expected. The British were pretty upset with the outcome. But at least a little effect was made. The BEF manage to slow down the German forces.
6) What was the effected of the rapidity of the Russians mobilization?
ReplyDeleteThe effected of the rapidity of the Russians mobilizations was that Germany wanted Russia’s military system to gain power or be stronger. Russians lost territory, and many of their soldiers died.
7) The Battle of the Marne
In September 1914 Germany defeated Belgium and France. Germany wanted to invade north of Paris. Chief Joffre of France sent 1500,000 soldiers to defend their country from Germany. France made many surprise attacks in Germany. After the attacks the German army was as good as it was before because many of the German soldiers died because of the surprised attacks from France.
8) The Battle of the Aisne and the Stabilization of the Front
The Battle of Aisne was the battle that accorded after the Battle of the Marne. The Battle of Aisne was also called the Second Battle of the Marne. The Battle of Aisne started on September 12th and ended September 28th. The battle was between the allied forces and Germany. The allies planned to attack Germany because they found out that Germany was going to withdraw Aisne. The Germans used very powerful weapon machines.
9) Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail?
The German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility fail was because Germany had a huge ego and believed they were better than all of the other countries. Long story short, Germany wasn't as good as they thought they were, that’s why their plan failed.
10) Do you think that the war, despite lasting another four years, was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
Of course I believe the Germans lost four long years! I believe this because they made up the plan and the plan failed. Then they tried to fix the plan but, the outcome wasn't as big as they thought it would be. All they did was cause more unnecessary drama.
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ReplyDelete• |www.firstworldwar.com/features/germanyduringww1.htm | Germany during WW1| by Raffael Scheck| 22 Agust. 2009
• |www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=7647 | Helmuth Von Moltke and the origins of the first world war| by John Lavalle| June 2003
• |Artillery and the British Expeditionary force on the western flunt| by Dr David Payne| 29 July 2012
• |www.firstworldwar.com/source/britishreactiontogermanstatement.htm | British reaction to official German statement on the outbreak of war in august 1914| 22 August. 2009
• |http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/marne1.htm|
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Dinia Clairveaux
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Ms. Noce
October 6, 2013
The Schlieffen Plan Questions
1.Why did Germany attack in Belgium?
The reason why Germany planned an attacked on the Belgium was because Germany wanted to use her as a passageway to get to France. Germany had sent Belgium a message demanding her to give her permission but Belgium said no. So Germany attacked her territory.
2. Why did Germany plan to hold Alsace-Lorraine?
Germany wanted to gain Alsace-Lorraine because France thought she was Europe’s ruler. And taking Alsace-would limit france’s land gain.
3. What was the German view of Russia ?
The german’s view Russia as a threat because Russia was advancing in land which meant more power. Russia also had alliances with Germany’s enemy which was France.
4. How and why did Moltke fatally adapt the Schlieffen Plan?
Moltke adapted the Schlieffen Plan by still wanting to invade Belgium Moltke wanted to ambush the france from the North and South instead of the west.
5. What was the effect of the early arrival of the Front of the BEF?
The BEF was the British Expeditionary Force. It was sent by Britain to help the france in her conflicts in with her European enemies.
6. What was the effect of the rapidity of the Russians mobilisation?
The effect of the rapidity of the Russian mobilisation was it made Germany see Russia as a threat that she need to put an end to. So Germany went to war with Russia and won.
8. The Battle of the Marne
The battle occurred on september 1914. france launched a surprise attack on Germany’s second army. The French lost 250,000 men.Germany lost about the same amount or even more. And the British lost 12,133 men. The French won.
9. The Battle of the Aisne and the stabilization of the Font
The battle of the Aisne happen on the River Aisne on 1914.it took place right after the Marne battle.The battle lasted 16 days. the battle of the Aisne consisted of three different battles. they were all fought between the French, Britain and Germany.
10A. Why did the German plan for a swift victory through a war of mobility
It failed because the Germans use the adaption of the Schlieffen Plan which had failed. It is common sense that if your first plan failed what would make another one base on the first one that also wasn’t successful.
10B. Do you think that the war , despite lasting another four years was effectively lost by the Germans in the summer/autumn of 1914?
Yes because the plan they made was based off the old one therefore that what caused their downfall.
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http://www.caseint.com/john/WWI_cause.htm
http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/138-the-schlieffen-plan
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/aisne1.htm