Explain How the Schlieffen Plan was meant to work. (7 marks) What was meant to happen: The Schlieffen Plan was devised in 1905 by General Albert von Schlieffen, when the possibility of a war on the eastern and western front was looming over Germany. It was a risky move on their part and was not guaranteed to work, since it relied on the Russian Army to be slow in their advances. The plan was to invade France through Belgium, since France had many defences in place on the French-German border. To attack on their own border would take longer and there would be much more resistance from the French so it was decided that they would march through Belgium and take Paris within a couple of weeks.
What are the short and long term effects of the Russian revolution. The short term effects of the Russian revolution are Russia dropped out of World War One. With Russia out the war it meant that Germany could bring more troops to fight in France where there was a stale mate giving Germany an advantage advantage over entente powers. Russia also had to give up one third of its population, one third of its agricultural land and three quarters of its industry to Germany in the harsh peace treaty (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk).They tried delaying the matters by refusing to the treaty. But the Germans just started to invade so Russia had no choice but to accept the treaty.
America later entered the war on the side of the Allies in , despite their efforts to stay neutral. America entered WW1 for three reasons, German submarine warfare, the Zimmerman Telegram, and economic interests with Britain and France. America entered WW1 because of German Submarine warfare. U.S ships traveling to Britain were sunk and damaged while traveling to Germany because of German announced unrestricted warfare against all ships
Russia also feared the growing German threat and sought to ally itself with Great Britain, France, and even Germany itself for protection. The British, for their part, tried hard to remain out of the conflict, but found that having the world's most powerful navy made that impossible. Rebellious provinces within the Austro-Hungarian Empire made central Europe extremely unstable, and the leaders of the Ottoman Empire in the Near East sought to expand their power. Historians have generally noted that the European powers had managed to avoid war for so long, that when it did
The British blockade kept all trades away from the Germans, including food (Ghost Liners 124).Yet, when the Germans retaliate, the Americans hate them for it. The Germans received blame for a crime that followed the rules of war blockades. America shames the Germans for killing civilians warned of the possible danger. Finally, the Lusitania allowed for the British to win in a win-win situation that their government
This misstep by the Germans resulted in the destruction of German supply lines leading towards Stalingrad, leaving the Germans with no military support or food. This was a major defeat for Germany because it forced them to take a defensive position rather then an offensive one against Russia on the Eastern Front. Another key operation in the defeat of Germany and Italy was the D Day invasion codenamed overlord. This operation was comprised of a united effort between The United States, Great Britain and Canada to invade the Eastern coast of France at various points of the beach. This operation gave the Allies a foothold in France which was extremely important because it created another front for the Germans to defend.
The Germans started having second thoughts about the war and urged their ally to negotiate with Russia. Russia realized that an agreement would hurt their position in the Balkans. This basically created a stand still and the countries involved could no longer back out, The Germans started their plan to gain European dominance on July 31st. The Germans sent ultimatums to St. Petersburg and Paris telling them that the Russians need to stop mobilizing their troops and demanded a pledge of neutrality from France. They did not receive a satisfactory reply and they declared war on Russia and France.
The desire of the Russians to press west and south put them on a collision with German speaking peoples in Germany and the Balkans, leading to those nations fighting in both world wars. Japan, being a small island nation with few natural resources, desired national security too. They sought to gain this by control of surrounding territories such as Korea, Philippines, north China, and Southeast Asia. Being isolated for centuries prior to 1870, these goals were fairly recent in the national philosophy, contrasted with the various European goals which had been around for centuries. They were thus rather easily discarded by the populace following the defeat of 1945.
Max Herber April 11, 2012 English 1302 Thesis and Outline The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of the German–Soviet war. Hitler had expected the German blitzkrieg to destroy the Soviet Union's military completely, but Hitler underestimated the Russian cold weather, and the battle turned out to be one of the bloodiest of World War II. Stalingrad was not needed by either side to help them in the war. However, Hitler wanted to take control of everything in Russia, and Stalin did not want to lose the city that had his name in it. I.
the “bad guys” (Germany and their allies). This has officially removed every obstacle in front of President Wilson’s way to join the war because as he had said before, he did not want to be sided with a tyrant, Russia. All he has to do is say the words and in a second we would be in the War, helping not only our own country, but our long good friends Britain as well. It is not difficult to realize that we don’t have the best army and navy, and that we mobilize slowly, but this is yet another reason for why we should start right here, right now. If we are successful to mobilizing quickly and having a military draft, our army would be almost unstoppable to other nations.