What came to be called the Schlieffen Plan was not the first attempt to craft a German strategy to fight a two-front war. Such a strategy had already existed prior to Schlieffen. Simply put ...

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the modern age continues with a video on how Germany lost in World War I. Why did Germany really lose World War I? In this ...

On January 4, 1913, Count Alfred von Schlieffen, the architect of Germany ... thing was to avoid the nightmare scenario of a war on two fronts, and this meant finishing off France before Russia ...

It also would have postponed the flood of U.S troops that changed the balance of power on the Western Front ... two fronts. A strategic masterstroke? Indeed. It also may have lost Germany the war.

Thus Conrad inquired about Germany’s strategy and schedule for the western campaign, and Moltke confided that per the Schlieffen ... Germany with a two-front war—and leaving Austria-Hungary ...