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Assumed that there would be a two-front war
Strategy called for a quick strike against
France in 6 weeks
Once France was defeated troops would then
head east toward Russia
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Main goal was recapture of Alsace-Lorraine
Would advance on Alsace-Lorraine in South:
While advancing on Germany through
Ardenne Forest
Did not expect Germany to strike through
Belgium
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Plan B (Balkans) required an invasion of
Serbia and guarding of Russian border
Plan R (Russia) called for more troops to be
deployed on Russian border: Wanted to curb
Russian assistance to Serbs
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Plan G assumed a full scale German attack:
Russia would allow Germans to gain territory
while Russians mobilized for war. Russia
would then eject Germans from territory
Plan 19 called for less sacrifice of manpower
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Britain had no desire for war, thus had no
devised plan
U.S. adopts rigid neutrality
Both wanted to protect trade; ended up
favoring Allies