In what ways and for what reasons did the Schlieffen Plan fail to achieve Germany’s strategic goals in 1914.

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1. In what ways and for what reasons did the Schlieffen Plan fail to achieve Germany’s strategic goals in 1914.

2. Why did the Allies fail at the Dardenelles/Gallipoli in 1915?

3. Compare and contrast the reasons why the Germans and the British failed to achieve their strategic objectives at Verdun in 1916 and at the Somme/Passchendaele in 1916/1917.

4. How and why did Great Britain win the war at sea? What were the strategic consequences of that victory?

5. Compare and contrast the Allied and German offensives on the Western Front in 1918. Why did the Allies succeed and the Germans fail?

6. Compare and contrast the reasons why Russia and Germany were defeated in the First World War.