State the reasons why the Von Schlieffen Plan failed during the First World War 1914-1918.
Answer:
- Russia mobilized her forces faster than expected forcing Germany to deploy her forces to the western and eastern fronts.
- Germany invasion of Belgium was slow with the entry of Britain.
- Both sides were equally/evenly matched than the Germans thought.
- Germany forces attached France from the east and the west creating a vacuum at the centre which the French and British forces used to attack the Germans.