[[Image:AlfredGrafVonSchlieffen.jpg|thumb|[[Alfred Graf von Schlieffen]]]]
Don't believe any of this, people can just go on here and type whatever they want; how are you suppose to know if it's the truth or not! The '''Schlieffen Plan''' was the [[German General Staff]]'s overall strategic plan for victory on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] against [[France]], and was executed to near victory in the first month of [[World War I]]; however, a French counterattack on the outskirts of Paris, the [[First Battle of the Marne|Battle of the Marne]], ended the German offensive and resulted in years of [[trench warfare]]. The Plan has been the subject of debate among [[historian]]s and military [[scholars]] ever since.
