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The 24 pages that link to Schlieffen Plan, each with the reason it gives.

• July CrisisRelated: Its timetable made Russian mobilization a trigger for German action against France and Belgium.

• Helmuth von Moltke the ElderRelated: Later German planners inherited the General Staff tradition Moltke helped establish.

• Western FrontRelated: Its execution brought German armies through Belgium and began the western campaign.

• Battle of TannenbergRelated: The plan left East Prussia exposed while German strength was concentrated farther west.

• Battle of VerdunRelated: The plan’s failure helped produce the prolonged Western Front war in which Verdun occurred.

• Central PowersRelated: It shaped Germany's opening western campaign and brought Britain into the war.

• First Battle of the MarneRelated: Its planned western sweep brought German armies toward Paris in 1914.

• Battle of the FrontiersRelated: Its advance through Belgium brought German forces into the northern battles.

• Erich von FalkenhaynRelated: Falkenhayn inherited responsibility for Germany’s opening-war strategy as chief of staff.

• Helmuth von Moltke the YoungerRelated: Moltke’s 1914 deployment grew from, but differed from, this prewar concept.

• Race to the SeaRelated: Its advance through Belgium shaped the German position as the front shifted north.

• Battle of GumbinnenRelated: German deployments to the west left the Eighth Army facing the Russian invasion with limited forces.

• Causes of World War IRelated: Its timetable and route helped draw Belgium, Britain, and France into the conflict.

• Battle of StallupönenRelated: Its western concentration left East Prussia dependent on a limited German force.