Abstract
This comment challenges the view that the Schlieffen plan was flawed by its subjection to an unrealistic timetable. Schlieffen's great memorandum of 1905 does not in fact stipulate any deadline for completing the projected war against France. The six-week limit invoked by Herwig and others relates to plans that were made for the conduct of a two-front war. It has been falsely superimposed on the Schlieffen plan, which was actually devised for the event of a one-front war. The Schlieffen plan has come to be seen as a reckless gamble largely on the basis of this inveterate misunderstanding as to its proper context.
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