Molly Morris 29.10.2013 ‘German Aggression was responsible for the outbreak of a general European War in August 1914’. How far do you agree? There is much evidence to suggest that German Aggression was responsible for the outbreak of a general European war in August 1914. Both Sources 1 and 2 play on the idea that both the Kaiser and Bethmann Hollweg used its foreign policies to create tension within Europe which consequently led
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<http://www.bundesarchiv.de/aktuelles/aus_dem_archiv/galerie/00061/index.html?inde x=0&id=2&nr=5#>‚ Accessed: 1 Aug 2008 Trotha‚ Lothar von. "German commander Lothar von Trotha explaining his motivations in a letter to German Chief of General Staff von Schlieffen‚ Oct. 4 1904."Herero Heroes. A Socio-Political History of the Herero of Namibia 1890-1923. 1999‚ pp173
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On June 28‚ 1914 the archduke or Austria and his wife visited the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina. During their visit there was two attempts on taking the archduke’s life by the Serbian militants. The first attempt was they threw a bomb at the car the archduke’s were arriving in town in. But obviously the bomb bounced off the car and failed to injure the archduke’s. Later the same day the archdukes were on the way to the hospital to visit an officer who had got hurt by the bomb incident early
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The war was thought to be brief ‚ however as Germany attempted to attack France‚ France tricked Germany in the Marne river‚ causing the Schlieffen plan to fail‚ elongating the war. The war consisted of volunteer troops whom thought they would fight for a brief amount of time‚ but as the Allied Powers and Central Powers came to action war broke out for years. When the war continued more men volunteered‚ because as the government promoted “ Military service was seen as a duty not an option”(pg 661)
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Was the Schlieffen Plan Foredoomed to Failure? To avoid the French fortress system‚ the Germans had developed a plan to surround Paris in a flanking maneuver to quickly conquer France. The plan was expected to be carried out in only 40 days‚ however‚ many important steps were not taken which cost the Germans the vital element of haste. The Schlieffen plan was not foredoomed to failure‚ yet it it did fail due to three factors: the reduction to the right wing on the Western Front‚ the choice to avoid
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The Schlieffen Plan and the Two Front War The Schlieffen Plan was a plan for the Germany Army. The plan was to stop the Two Front War from getting too far into Germany. This means they would have to defeat France very quickly‚ because Russia would be advancing into Germany soon. Russia got into Germany very quickly and it was unexpected‚ because Germany thought it would take longer to mobilize their troops. Germany relied too much on rapid movement by their army. Germany ran into many problems
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The actual Schlieffen Plan began forming in 1905. The general idea was to find a new general plan that would take into account the many new factors that had arisen since the Franco-Prussian of 1870 and the next year. Factors such as Germany’s diplomatic isolation‚ which left Austria-Hungary a dependable partner and created a problem of a two-front war since Russia and France were staunch allies. There were military and technological issues to deal with‚ new forms of communication‚ and the growing
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The Two Front War and Schlieffen Plan At the beginning of World War I‚ Germany had a an issue with the placement of combat on its borders. Germany had very little allies‚ Austria-Hungary being the most notable‚ resulting the country being forced to fight on two fronts. With France bordering the west and the Russia bordering the east‚ Germany drafted the Schlieffen Plan to solve this issue. In the Schlieffen plan‚ German forces would begin battles it’s French border as other German forces traveled
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Why Did the Schlieffen Plan Fail? Alfred von Schlieffen plan was to attack France‚ not on the main border‚ which was fortified‚ but to attack through Belgium and circle the capital Paris. This is all supposed to happen before the predicted 6 weeks it would take for the Russians mobilise their army and intervene. This would mean Paris would be taken by Germany‚ therefore capturing France‚ and then the troops could go across the country and attack Russia. Schlieffen decided to attack France through
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in Britain that it would all be ’over by Christmas’. The Germans had similar views at the start of the war; they thought they could rapidly capture France before invading Russia‚ therefore preventing a war on two fronts. But the failure of the Schlieffen plan halted Germany in 1914 slowing down any advances. This critical failure was one of the main reasons the war was such a long drawn out affair. It was no longer each side trying to capture the other in a war movement but‚ trench warfare.
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