This book predicted the future

I always read/heard that the German mobilization process and war plan couldn't handle the war preparations against Russia alone - once Germany decided to go to war with Russia, it *had* to go to war with France as well.
And this meant going at war with Belgium, too (as per the German plan). Which most likely meant Britain would be dragged into the war too (unless they renegated on their treaty with Belgium).

I always wondered, wouldn't it have been possible to Marginot the Elsass and just defend the border german border?

I read that on /his/ too, but I can't imagine it's true
What I did read tho is that German staff planned for war with Russia and France (because they'd both fight Germany anyway), so the plan was to knock out France first
Retrospectively, this would most definitely have been smarter

Probably, but germans were too high on the 1871 victory and thought the next engagement had to be like that

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The early French plans were very sensible, trying to avoid costly carnage by assaulting fortified German positions (like Metz).
A few years before the war, some high-ranking moron decided to scratch them entirely because they "weren't in accordance with the traditional French spirit of bold and aggressive assault", so the new plan was to recklessly charge into Germany.
It wouldn't have worked, of course, especially since Germany had a larger population and industrial base.
In the advent, this overly aggressive approach led to disaster and the near collapse of French during the first few weeks of the war.
Fortunately, Joffre invented motorized infantry on the spot (commandeering the civilian taxis of Paris to move troops) which stopped the German offensive for good.

>I read that on /his/ too, but I can't imagine it's true

Well I just checked and:
- Germany declared war on Russia on August, 1
- Germany then invaded Belgium on August 3, and declared war on France at the same time

So French was pulled into the war.
As for Britain, it declared war on Germany to honour the 1839 London Treaty with Belgium.

Bomber Harris was the most horrible person in the entire war. He deliberately targeted innocent civillians and other non-combatants, yet he still had the audacity to let some of them live.

>Why are you mobilizing? We're only giving Austria a carte blanche to invade your allies. You should just not fight and let us win this war of agression
>I know we're mobilizing and all, but could you please prove your willingness to make peace by abandoning your border fortifications and moving your troops 10 km away from the border? Trust us, we totally won't abuse this entirely undefended border at all!

>They had it coming.
Germany still declared war on Russia then France, and invaded Belgium (without bothering to declare war, apparently?) and Luxembourg which equaled declaring war to Britain.
That's pretty much escalating a limited conflict into a world war, if you ask me.

Pretty much this.

Yeah, you totally planned to kill slaves but totally not other europeans right?
Even if it's just slavs, Russians are more based than Germans ever will