HS 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: 1918 Flu Pandemic, Zimmermann Telegram, Military Operation Plan
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The german war plan had failed, the scheifflen plan which was to make the 2 front war a one front war by beating the weaker front first and focusing on the other front (eastern front) Russia sent relatively small armies that were poorly lead into germany. Russia was far more successful in defeating austria-hungary armies. German realized logistical difficulties of pushing the troops to far into russia (unlike. Both war plans from each side failed making the war long rather than the short one they expected. A third front opened up in the italy austria-hungary border: italy remained neutral in the beginning of the war, italy ends up going into the war on the side of the british, french in the spring of. 1915: stalemate in the beginning but added the effect of moving austrian troops off the other fronts they were one. These special mission troops consisted of australians and new zealanders.
