[PAR] [TLE] Alfred von Schlieffen [SEP] Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, mostly called Count Schlieffen (] ; 28 February 1833 – 4 January 1913) was a German field marshal and strategist who served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906.  His name lived on in the 1905–06 'Schlieffen Plan', then "Aufmarsch I", a deployment plan and operational guide for a decisive initial offensive operation/campaign in a one-front war against the French Third Republic. [PAR] [TLE] Schlieffen Plan [SEP] The Schlieffen Plan (German: "Schlieffen-Plan" , ] ) was the name given after World War I to the thinking behind the German invasion of France and Belgium on 4 August 1914.  Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen, the Chief of the Imperial Army German General Staff from 1891 to 1906, devised a deployment plan for a war-winning offensive, in a one-front war against the French Third Republic from 1905–06.  After the war, the German official historians of the "Reichsarchiv" and other writers, described the plan as a blueprint for victory.  German historians claimed that the plan had been ruined by "Generaloberst" (Colonel-General) Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, the Commander-in-Chief of the German army after Schlieffen retired in 1906, who was dismissed after the First Battle of the Marne (5–12 September 1914).
[PAR] [TLE] Alfred von Schlieffen [ SEP ] Alfred Graf von Schlieffen , mostly called Count Schlieffen ( ] ; 28 February 1833 – 4 January 1913 ) was a German field marshal and strategist who served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906 . His name lived on in the 1905–06 ' Schlieffen Plan ' , then " Aufmarsch I " , a deployment plan and operational guide for a decisive initial offensive operation / campaign in a one - front war against the French Third Republic . [PAR] [TLE] Schlieffen Plan [ SEP ] The Schlieffen Plan ( German : " Schlieffen - Plan " , ] ) was the name given after World War I to the thinking behind the German invasion of France and Belgium on 4 August 1914 . Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen , the Chief of the Imperial Army German General Staff from 1891 to 1906 , devised a deployment plan for a war - winning offensive , in a one - front war against the French Third Republic from 1905–06 . After the war , the German official historians of the " Reichsarchiv " and other writers , described the plan as a blueprint for victory . German historians claimed that the plan had been ruined by " Generaloberst " ( Colonel - General ) Helmuth von Moltke the Younger , the Commander - in - Chief of the German army after Schlieffen retired in 1906 , who was dismissed after the First Battle of the Marne ( 5–12 September 1914 ) .
Alfred von Schlieffen was instrumental in devising the plan that was used after which event?
Alfred von Schlieffen was instrumental in devising the plan that was used after which event ?
World War I
World War I