Schlieffen

When war finally came, Germany, allied with Austria-Hungary, turned the fighting into a European conflict by adopting a strategy called the Schlieffen Plan, which aimed to knock out France and Russia France's ally with two quick campaigns.

Ambition in the East 2011

Only in the First World War, generally following the so-called Schlieffen Plan, did they make their main attack across the North German Plain north of the Ardennes, through Belgium.

General Ike John S.D. Eisenhower 2003

Because the French would be ready to fight before the Russians could mobilize, the Schlieffen Plan aimed to launch a massive surprise offensive to envelop and rout the French before the Russians entered the war.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Recognizing the strategic ramifications of this diplomatic tangle a decade earlier, Count Alfred von Schlieffen, chief of the German general staff, had completed a mobilization plan for a two-front war.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Because the French would be ready to fight before the Russians could mobilize, the Schlieffen Plan aimed to launch a massive surprise offensive to envelop and rout the French before the Russians entered the war.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Recognizing the strategic ramifications of this diplomatic tangle a decade earlier, Count Alfred von Schlieffen, chief of the German general staff, had completed a mobilization plan for a two-front war.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Alfred von Schlieffen died almost 100 years ago, barely months before his eponymous plan took Europe to war in August 1914.

Fighting Wars in Cyberspace Robert Fry 2010

Like all his contemporaries, von Schlieffen thought in two dimensions: land and sea; military aviation would add a third during the course of the war.

Fighting Wars in Cyberspace Robert Fry 2010

Under the Schlieffen Plan, the Garde Army Corps was assigned to the 2nd Army and advanced through Belgium at the beginning of the conflict.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Von Schlieffen could never have anticipated satellite technology or attacking an enemy through the electromagnetic spectrum, but having lived through the naval re-armament race of the first decade of the 20th Century, he would have understood deterrence.

Fighting Wars in Cyberspace Robert Fry 2010