Schlieffen

British  

/ ˈʃliːfən /

noun

1. Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)

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The Schlieffen Plan called for a rapid advance into France to knock the French forces out of the war within six weeks.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

While the first few weeks of the German invasion seemed to match the ambitions of the Schlieffen Plan, they soon ground to a halt.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Nonetheless, speed was vital to the Schlieffen Plan.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

General Omar Nelson Bradley had reversed their classic Schlieffen plan of enveloping France.*Now the Eisenhower-Montgomery wheeling movement, anchored at the mouth of the Seine, was developing arcs that expanded toward Belgium and Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was sitting by the Countess Schlieffen, a delightful person, who is much interested in all our proceedings.

From Elizabeth Fry by Pitman, Mrs. E. R.