The 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

Who was at the German border on the Eastern Front?

• Russia

• France

• Britain

• Belgium

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

Select all that describes the Battle of Liege.

• It was the first engagement between the Germans and the Belgians

• The Belgians lost but fought bravely.

• The Belgians destroyed the railroads during their retreat.

• The Belgians succeeded in defeating the Germans.

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

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 British sent (BEF) of 80,000 men to Belgium. They met the Germans at Mons on 23rd August and again at Le Cateu on 26th August. What does BEF stand for?

• British Extinguisher Forces

• British Expeditionary Forces

• British Emergency Faculty

• British Equilibrium Fatalities