Zusammenfassung der Ressource
FAILURE OF
SCHLIEFFEN
PLAN
- 1ST REASON -
BELGIUM refused to let
German army thru to
attack France so had to
enter thru force
- 2nd REASON - BRITAIN had signed a
treaty with Belgium in 1839 to protect it
as a NEUTRAL COUNTRY
- When Germany refused to
withdraw from Belgium Britain
declared war
- The BEF (British Expeditionary
Force) arrived extremely quickly
and marksmen slowed Germany
down
- 3rd REASON - Russia was
ready for war QUICKER than
Germans expected - took only 10 days
- Many Valuable German troops had to march
East to face Russians instead of pushing into
France
- Germany did not take the
chance to take Paris instead
they decided to to attack
east of Paris
- Germans were met by French at
the BATTLE of the MARNE which
halted the GERMAN Advance
- German supplies
could not keep up
with their advance
troops