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Lesson 3- The Great War

Question 3 • CA-World History, Culture, and Geography A

What did Germany’s Schlieffen Plan call for?

Answer
A
a swift victory in Russia so Germany could focus on France
B
a secret German alliance with Belgium and Switzerland
C
a series of meetings with the Allied Powers to avoid warfare
D
a two-front war on the eastern and western borders of Germany

Explanation

The Schlieffen Plan was Germany’s strategy for a war against France and Russia. It called for defeating France quickly in the west, then shifting forces east to fight Russia, anticipating a two-front war. Choice D describes this two-front conflict; the plan did not call for a swift victory in Russia first.

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