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)
Zipser Germans Zipser Germans The Zipser Germans or Zipsers (, , ) are a German-speaking (specifically Zipser German-speaking) ethnic group which developed in the Zips region of Upper Hungary—what is now Slovakia—as that region was settled by people from central Germany beginning in the 13th century. Beginning in at least the 18th century, many members of the ethnic group migrated to northern Romania, including to southern Bukovina and to Maramuresch and Transylvania. During and after the Second World War, most Zipsers evacuated or were expelled to Germany. A community of speakers remains in the Zips town of Chmeľnica ("Hopgarten") (their distinctive dialect