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)
Strategic War Game of 1905 of Belgium were used to ensure detailed knowledge of even small roads. The game ran from 1st January 1905 to the 24th of May. The game gave insight to the General Staff when the Prime Minister, Arthur Balfour posed three questions: Following the Algeciras Conference, in 1906, the British and French General Staffs started organising joint planning sessions. Strategic War Game of 1905 The Strategic War Game of 1905 was a wargame run by the British General Staff between January and May 1905. The game was umpired by James Grierson, an expert on the German Army. There were three sides: