Battle Orders- The Schlieffen Plan

The Schlieffen Plan was created by Schlieffen to defeat both the French and the Soviets simultaneously on two different fronts. The plan was to have an all out offense directed at the French to which they could quickly overwhelm them and then turn to the USSR before they could garner troops. It was a brilliant plan that closely resembles the the tactics of Hannibal. Many believe that if the original plan had been followed then the war would have turned out differently. At Helmuth Von Moltke' rise to power as the German chief of staff. Moltke decided that the Schlieffen plan was inadequate and tactless and so changed the plan to lessen the great hammerhead of troops directed at the western front, causing the troops to not be strong enough for an easy victory. Which resulted in the German's failure in the war.