Schlieffen plan

What problem was the Schlieffen Plan designed to overcome?

• Germany wanted to secure oil for its military

• Germany wanted to overcome the superior British navy

• Germany wanted to avoid fighting on two fronts

• Austria Hungary wanted to stop Italy joining up with Russia

Germany wanted a quick victory against...

• France

• Austria Hungary

• Italy

• Holland

The plan meant Germany would go around French defences via the country of...

• Holland

• Britain

• Switzerland

• Belgium

A problem with going through Belgium was that...

• Belgium was neutral and allied with Great Britain

• Belgium is a long way from Germany

• Belgium had a very large, powerful army

• Belgium is full of swampland

Germany needed to defeat France in...

• two weeks

• six weeks

• two months

• six months

The Belgians resisted but were defeated after

• 2 days

• 1 week

• 2 weeks

• 1 month

To the surprise of the Germans the British decided to:

• support an 1839 alliance with Belgium

• wait to see what happened in Belgium

• remain neutral

• wait until summer was over

The "Rape of Belgium" refers to:

• Reports of German atrocities against civilians, especially women

• Major damage caused by bombs on Belgian cities

• A major increase of crime during wartime

• The burning of Belgian cities by both the French and German armies

The British arrived in Belgium but were defeated at the Battle of Mons because...

• they ran out of ammunition

• they were poorly trained

• they were heavily outnumbered

• they were outsmarted

The Germans swept into France to try to quickly capture...

• Mont St Michel

• Amiens

• Marseille

• Paris