The Schlieffen Plan was planned long before World War I. Count Von Alfred Schlieffen planned to defeat France first and then to defeat Russia. The reason of this plan was if there was a war between France, Germany, and Russia. Germany would be between both countries which would make it hard to fight both at the same time.
It was later changed when Schlieffen retired and Helmuth Von Moltke became the German chief of staff. Moltke changed a few plans because he thought some of them were too risky. The first plan he changed was to enter straight into Belgium and Luxembourg instead of coming in through the Netherlands. The second plan he changed was putting more troops onto the Russian Border and Alsace-Lorraine. Alsace-Loraine was a Germany territory that was won from the Prussian War. The was a lot of debate about the changes that Moltke made but it all made sense later on once Martin van Creveld explained it all.
When the Schlieffen Plan was finally used in 1914 Russian army, which had help from the Romanian and Serbian defeated Germany with ease. Many historians today say that the plan was highly unlikely to work in during that century. Some say it was a rough draft of an operational attack. Therefore, this plan should not have been used because it was very unrealistic.
It was later changed when Schlieffen retired and Helmuth Von Moltke became the German chief of staff. Moltke changed a few plans because he thought some of them were too risky. The first plan he changed was to enter straight into Belgium and Luxembourg instead of coming in through the Netherlands. The second plan he changed was putting more troops onto the Russian Border and Alsace-Lorraine. Alsace-Loraine was a Germany territory that was won from the Prussian War. The was a lot of debate about the changes that Moltke made but it all made sense later on once Martin van Creveld explained it all.
When the Schlieffen Plan was finally used in 1914 Russian army, which had help from the Romanian and Serbian defeated Germany with ease. Many historians today say that the plan was highly unlikely to work in during that century. Some say it was a rough draft of an operational attack. Therefore, this plan should not have been used because it was very unrealistic.