Schlieffen Plan Schlieffen Plan The Schlieffen Plan (, ) was the name given, after the First World War, to German war plans and the influence of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen and his thinking on the invasion of France and Belgium on 4 August 1914. Schlieffen was Chief of the General Staff of the German Army from 1891 to 1906. In 1905 and 1906, Schlieffen devised an army deployment plan for a war-winning offensive against the French Third Republic. After losing the First World War, German official historians of the and other writers described the plan as a blueprint for victory. (Colonel-General)
The Germans Basil (due to his hatred for Germans being revealed by his concussion) makes constant references to Nazi Germany and the war at almost every opportunity and makes namechecks to Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Eva Braun (whom he refers to as "Eva Prawn"), Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring and Joachim von Ribbentrop. One of the German guests starts crying, and despite the other Germans telling him to leave them alone, Basil starts telling war jokes and even does an impersonation of Hitler goose-stepping across the room, to the guests' fury. Just then, Dr. Finn arrives to sedate Basil and take him back