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I am a German Field Marshall
I was born on February 28th, 1833
I died on January 4th, 1914
I am the son of a Prussian General
I entered the army in 1854
I participated in the Seven Weeks’ War against Austria in 1866
I participated in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871
I became head of the Military History Section of the Great General Staff in 1884
I became Chief of the Great General Staff in 1891
My plan, called the Schlieffen plan, was created in
December of 1905
My pan was based of my belief that the Western
front would be the most decisive area for future
European conflict
I identified that France would be Germany’s most
dangerous opponent
I concluded that a massive surprise attack would be
enough to put of Britain from joining a continental
war
My plan was based on a six week opening to defeat France
After the defeat of France, Germany’s extensive railway system would be used to transport German troops back to the German/Russian Front
They would then attack Russia
Due to European tension, my plan was revised, but the basis remained the same; conquer France within a six week gap, then return my troops to attack Russia
My plan was bold, but it came with glaring weaknesses
The actions of Russia would determine when Germany would have to start her attack, whether she was ready or not
The plan assumed that Russia would take 6 weeks to mobilize
The plan assumed that Germany would defeat France in less than six weeks
I was replaced Graf von Waldersee as Chief of the
Great General Staff in 1891
During my years, I served as the highest ranked
individual in the German Armed Forces
I retired from my position as Chief of the Great
General Staff in 1906
I was succeeded by Helmuth von Moltke
In 1914 Moltke implemented a modified version of my plan and failed
A union of formal General Staff officers named themselves after me and commemorated a day called Schlieffen Day in my honor.
My doctrines of encirclement and annihilation continued to prevail
For a while, my plans failure was viewed to be the fault of Moltke, but views were later changed to show that its failure was in fact because of the basis if the plan itself