Best Historical Ruler

[Gustaf]

i will say if bismark had been running things in 1914 they would have beaten france fairly quickly.
none of that "miracle of the marne" stuff.

You mean he wouldn't have transferred troops to the East front? Or what? I am inclined to disagree, I think the Schlieffen plan was flawed from the out-start. And that France was ready to keep fighting for much longer.

[JohnFKennedy]

i will say if bismark had been running things in 1914 they would have beaten france fairly quickly.
none of that "miracle of the marne" stuff.

You mean he wouldn't have transferred troops to the East front? Or what? I am inclined to disagree, I think the Schlieffen plan was flawed from the out-start. And that France was ready to keep fighting for much longer.

Schlieffen Plan was of course flawed. It relied on the assumption that France would fall easily, a pretty big assumption, along with the assumption that Russia would be slow to mobilise, an equally great assumption in my opinion.

[The Dowager Mod]

schleifen plan faild because it was altered in 1912 or so.
they transferred too many divisions from the right wing.

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A tie between Julias Ceasar and William the Conqueror. Both defined and helped shape Europe into what it is today (Whether that be good or bad is up for debate ).

[Gustaf]

schleifen plan faild because it was altered in 1912 or so.
they transferred too many divisions from the right wing.

That they did. They fell into the Cannes trap. Schlieffen's last words are said to have been something aong the lines of "Keep the right wing strong".

Russia did fail, but I'm not sure France would have.