Alfred von Schlieffen information

Graf Alfred von Schlieffen, generally called Count Schlieffen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃliːfn̩]; 28 February 1833 – 4 January 1913) was a German field...

of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen and his thinking on an invasion of France and Belgium, which began on 4 August 1914. Schlieffen was Chief of the...

the General Staff. In 1906, he became chief on the retirement of Alfred von Schlieffen. His appointment was controversial then and remains so today. The...

Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee (8 April 1832 – 5 March 1904) was a German field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) who became Chief of the...

history. Adolph von Schlieffen (1841–1916) Alfred von Schlieffen (1833–1913), field marshal and author of the Schlieffen Plan Anton von Schlieffen (1576–1650)...

ever seriously considered. The German Army, under Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen, assigned at least 100,000 troops in the invasion, was certain that...

in 1905, and two years later, he married Leonie von der Osten, who was 22 years old. When Schlieffen retired in 1906, Mackensen was considered as a possible...

General Staff Alfred von Schlieffen called for a preventive war against France. At a critical point in the July Crisis of 1914, Helmuth von Moltke, the...

Count Alfred von Schlieffen recommended that he succeed him as Chief of the Great General Staff but the post ultimately went to Helmuth von Moltke in...

Alfred von Schlieffen — German field marshal and strategist Gustav von Senden-Bibran an admiral of the German Imperial Navy Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz...

forces of Metropolitan France indefinitely, the General Staff under Alfred von Schlieffen determined that British neutrality in a future conflict could no...

sites in East Anglia were selected. Comments were invited from Alfred von Schlieffen, Chief of the German General Staff, who regarded an invasion to...

German General Staff, Alfred von Schlieffen, whose "Schlieffen Plan" was inspired by Hannibal's double envelopment maneuver. Schlieffen believed that the...

York von Wartenburg [The Life of Field Marshal Count York von Wartenberg]. Phaidon Publishing. ISBN 3-88851-160-7. Ehlert, Hans (2014). The Schlieffen Plan:...

Gen der KAV) Alfred von Kühne (1853–1945); awarded the 2nd Class in 1912 when he first retired from the army. Gen der Kav Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel of...

joined the Great General Staff in Berlin, which was commanded by Alfred von Schlieffen, Ludendorff directed the Second or Mobilization Section from 1904...

titled Aufmarsch II West, it is better known as the Schlieffen Plan after its creator, Alfred von Schlieffen, head of the German General Staff from 1891 to...

modernised their fortifications on the frontiers with Germany. Alfred von Schlieffen Chief of the Imperial German General Staff (Oberste Heeresleitung...

Wilhelm von Pape Hans von Plessen Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia Albrecht von Roon Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria Alfred von Schlieffen Otto Graf...

must be destroyed as such") and was supported in particular by Alfred von Schlieffen and Kaiser Wilhelm II. His approach is therefore considered to be...

who had once joined him or submitted to him. Count Alfred von Schlieffen developed his "Schlieffen Plan" (1905/1906) from his military studies, including...

with two divisions forward at Liège and Namur. Field marshal Alfred Graf von Schlieffen was Chief of the German General Staff (Oberste Heeresleitung,...

Manchuria. He accordingly observed the Russo-Japanese War. For Alfred von Schlieffen, Lauenstein was important. Lauenstein reported that the Russian...