This would mean Paris would be taken by Germany, therefore capturing France, then the troops could go across the country and attack Russia.
What actually happened:
Germans went into Belgium
Belgians blew up railways which stopped Germans
Belgians stopped supplies and reinforcements getting to the Germans
Britain wanted to join war because Germany was attacking France and Belgium
Sir Edward Grey made parliament fight, he said 'if we don't fight Germany will dominate Europe and trade will suffer'
British government sent a telegram to tell Germans to leave Belgium
No reply to the telegram
Britain was at war with Germany
Everyone in all the countries were rushing to join the army, they thought their country was right and they would win
100,000 soldiers from the BEFC (British Expeditionary Force) landed in France
over 1,000,000 French soldier were ready to use plan seventeen to attack Alasce and Lorraine
after 3 weeks it all went wrong
German troops pushed into France
Russians mobilised more quickly than expected, and invaded
troops were taken from France to defend on the eastern front
French and German soldier met at the river Marne
All the French and English troops went to defend on the river Marne, the battle of the Marne began
Why did it fail?
The Schlieffen plan failed for many reasons... displayed 300 characters
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The trip though Belgium did not go as the Germans wanted. They got slowed down because the Belgian army put up a fight. This meant that the German troops were 10 days late.
The Germans wanted to get the war over with France so that they didn't have to fight Russia at the same time, so when they got delayed, they were in trouble... displayed 300 characters
