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Anonymous03/11/26, 23:01No.18384197THE CENTRAL POWERS SHOULD HAVE ON WWI
What do you guys think about the Schlieffen Plan?
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Anon03/12/26, 00:24No.18384315
What about French plan on invaded Switzerland?
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Anon03/12/26, 19:18No.18385477
>yeah our soldiers can totally march 200 miles without needing to eat, rest etc
>the French and Belgians totally won't fight back and will just let us march through their territory unopposed
>Britain also won't intervene on behalf of that dusty old treaty with Belgium they probably completely forgot existed
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Anon03/12/26, 21:43No.18385770
Didn't it rely on the German army completing its objectives so quickly it wouldn't need supply lines? Seems crazy to me.
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Anon03/12/26, 22:24No.18385857
Unironically would've worked if the Italians hadn't cucked and instead provided another front against the French.
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Anon03/13/26, 08:00No.18386455
impossible with logistics of the time. even in wwii the crossing of ardenes was only possible with shitton of meth.
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Anon03/13/26, 08:15No.18386463
the massive swing looks fucking retarded ngl
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Anon03/13/26, 15:06No.18386840
Schlieffen Plan is a romanticized myth. He wrote a lot of things, one of which was a hypothetical invasion of France. It wasn't a master plan, it was a thought experiment. Germans latched on to this specific writing in their attempt to scapegoat to Moltke the Younger.
If they had paid more attention to the rest of his writings, they would have found this from 1901:
>According to current theory, modern means of communication have made the command of million-man armies as easy and sure as an earlier corps of 15,000 to 20,000 men. While this may be true in one’s own land, the telegraph will not suffice in enemy territory; it has already proven itself unreliable in maneuvers. Wet weather and difficult roads stop the cyclist; automobiles are subject to endless difficulties... It is to be hoped that improvements in these areas will make the distribution of orders easier and simpler. At present, however, the armies consist of masses that are ever more difficult to control and ever less maneuverable.
Which is far more prescient for Germany's failure in France than "Moltke didn't follow Schlieffen's precise operational scheme!"
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Anon03/13/26, 15:57No.18386887
Well, anon?
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