History A-Level
Schlieffen Plan
What Schlieffen Plan means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Schlieffen Plan
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A strategy requiring a swift defeat of France via the invasion of neutral Belgium before turning east to face Russia.
Topics that use Schlieffen Plan
- 2K International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941 (A-level only) – The coming of war, 1911–1917 (AQA A-Level)
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