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!"