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In 1904, a copy of the Schlieffen plan was provided to French intelligence by an agent called Le Vengeur, but the French failed to take advantage of it.
In 1904, a copy of the Schlieffen plan was provided to French intelligence by an agent called Le Vengeur, but the French failed to take advantage of it.
In April 1913, Moltke dropped other military plans so that the General Staff could focus on the Schlieffen Plan. This allowed the army "to rule out half measures" and interference from "the politicians," as Waldersee put it.<ref>''[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t4gDyLfeUEQC&dq= Helmuth Von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War]'', p. 103.</ref> The way was paved for total war the following year.
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