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In 1911,French Chief of staff,Victor Michel,proposed a radical departure from the war strategies of Plan XIV-XVI:all available french reserves would be amalgamated with active French units and the army was to be deployed upon mobilisation along the whole French frontier from Switzerland to the North sea. Michel's plan mirrored Schlieffens and even propsed an offensive into Belgium,which would have met Schlieffens,'strong right wing' head on. So,how would the war have developed if Michel's plan had been adopted instead of the offensive into Alsace-Lorraine of OTL? Would Britain find a way to ally itself with France or would it remain neutral if the French violated Belgian neutrality? Thoughts?
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