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"Moltke revived it in 1911"? The plan was always operational, from 1892-1914. Moltke was updating it, based on technical improvements and manpower requirements after Schlieffen's retirement. This is common in all contingent military operational plans. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''CIA v Trump updated score'':CIA 3, Trump 2]]</sup>
"Moltke revived it in 1911"? The plan was always operational, from 1892-1914. Moltke was updating it, based on technical improvements and manpower requirements after Schlieffen's retirement. This is common in all contingent military operational plans. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''CIA v Trump updated score'':CIA 3, Trump 2]]</sup>
:The German military archive was recovered at the end of the Cold War and [https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Schlieffen-Plan-Planning-1871-1914/dp/0198718055/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Terence Zubar] has reviewed it. His conclusion is that Schlieffen never used the Schlieffen Plan as an actual war plan. If Germany had gone to war with Schlieffen in command, it would have followed a strategy of defense followed by counterattacks. This was probably the only realistic strategy given the size and capabilities of the Germany army in Schlieffen's time. I don't think it is reasonable to think of the plan as "operational" before army expansion in 1913. In WWII, the Germans had tank divisions. These swung around the Maginot line and played the role of Carthaginian cavalry. The complexities of the Schlieffen Plan can't be dealt with here and requires its own article. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 20:43, 27 March 2017 (EDT)