When the Austro-Hungarian Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, a chain reaction resulted in the First World War.
The war was fully anticipated, and one of the belligerent countries, Germany, had a plan in its back pocket ready to go.
It was a highly detailed plan, nine years in the marking, which was designed to give them a swift victory.
Learn more about the Schlieffen Plan and why it didn’t work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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