Schlieffen Plan

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Schlieffen Plan (German) [ˈʃliːfən]

(Historical Terms) a plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries, devised by Alfred, Count von Schlieffen (1833-1913) in 1905

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