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What does Schlieffen mean?

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Would such an invasion have aided the Schlieffen Plan?
The object of the German Schlieffen Plan was to strike quickly against France, destroy her armies, and then turn against the more slowly mobilizing Russians, on the eastern flank.
Neutral Belgium had had the temerity to resist the German advance required by the so-called Schlieffen plan and German soldiers took their frustrations out on the city and its people.
He was the head of a company of the 58th infantry regiment in 1884 before becoming a major in the operations section of the general staff led by von Schlieffen.
Mobilization and war plans, including the notorious Schlieffen Plan, proceeded apace.
On game turns 1-5, the Allied player loses one Plan 17 VP per game turn if one or more British units occupies any Schlieffen Plan hex at the conclusion of the Action Phase.

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