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A lot of people point out that the Schlieffen Plan was doomed from the start and had no way of achieving it's primary goals. But one can hardly say it wasn't beneficial to the German position, taking a huge proportion of the French industry it made fighting the inevitable two front war possible. But my question is this. Let's assume that the Germans get everything right. The best troop deployment, the best decisions on the ground and the greatest luck. How far could they progress and what would these conditions be?

Phase two of the Western Front was the Race to the Sea. In an optimal Schlieffen Plan could the German's have won and how would that effect future war plans? Could Molke have survived in such a timeline?
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