Alfred von Schlieffen
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Graf Alfred von Schlieffen was a German and Prussian officer and strategist, eventually reaching the rank of field marshal. He served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906. H
Alfred von Schlieffen in 1906
Grave at the Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery, Berlin
Schlieffen Plan
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The Schlieffen Plan is a name given after the First World War to German war plans, due to the influence of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen and his thinking on an invasion of France and Belgium, th
Alfred von Schlieffen
…reaching the rank of field marshal. He served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906. His name is most known for the 1905–06 "Schlieffen Plan", then Aufmarsch I, a deployment plan and operational guide for a decisive initial offensive operation/campaign in a two-front war against the French…
Count Alfred von Schlieffen in 1906
Francs-tireurs in the Vosges during the Franco-Prussian War.
Colmar von der Goltz
Hans Delbrück