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Was the German victory in WWI inevitable if only they had followed the Schliffen PLan to perfection? The original plan outlined by Count Schliffen called for 53 divisions to drive across Belgium and Luxembourg into the heart of the French interior with the right wing strongest consisting over over half those troop stregth but when the plan was implemented only 34 divisions were used and fresh divisions were funneled into the defense of the Rhine and further strength was sapped when 4 divisions were sent to Prussia to deal with the Russian threat, then the plan was completely thrown away when Kluck instead of wheeling around Paris and trapping the French against their own borders decided to drive straight to Paris. It becomes clear then that the major impediment to this plan was Moltke himself who did not understand it and took every step possible to disobey it so what if a more able, daring, skilled and proactive German were to head the General Staff, would that person be able to win the war in 1914?
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