Not long before the first world war, Germany and Russia were likely to go to war. But Germany wasn't interested in destroying Russia directly. The Schliffen plan was aimed at France because Germany thought Russia would attack as an ali and for revenge of the assassination. But that would mean that Germany would have a 2 sided battle and she didn't want that.
In 1905, the Schliffen plan was created based on 4 assumptions:
1. If a war started, it would take Russia 6 weeks to mobilise
2. France would easily be defeated in 6 weeks
3. Belgium would have no resistance
4. Britain would stay neutral
On the second of August, Germany invaded Luxembourg to Belgium, but a few things went wrong in their plan on the 3rd.
1. Russia mobilised in 10 days
2. Belgium didn't roll over and instead held up a fight
3. Britian
As a result Germany was forced to invent a pretext to declare war on France (3 August 1914).But things got even more worse, when Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914 because, in a Treaty of 1839, Britain had promised to defend Belgium.
This followed on with "the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)" arriving to resist the Germans, and held them up at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914.
In 1905, the Schliffen plan was created based on 4 assumptions:
1. If a war started, it would take Russia 6 weeks to mobilise
2. France would easily be defeated in 6 weeks
3. Belgium would have no resistance
4. Britain would stay neutral
On the second of August, Germany invaded Luxembourg to Belgium, but a few things went wrong in their plan on the 3rd.
1. Russia mobilised in 10 days
2. Belgium didn't roll over and instead held up a fight
3. Britian
As a result Germany was forced to invent a pretext to declare war on France (3 August 1914).But things got even more worse, when Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914 because, in a Treaty of 1839, Britain had promised to defend Belgium.
This followed on with "the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)" arriving to resist the Germans, and held them up at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914.