| 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. |