 Assumed that there would be a two-front war  Strategy called for a quick strike against France in 6 weeks  Once France was defeated troops would then head east toward Russia

 Main goal was recapture of Alsace-Lorraine  Would advance on Alsace-Lorraine in South: While advancing on Germany through Ardenne Forest  Did not expect Germany to strike through Belgium

 Plan B (Balkans) required an invasion of Serbia and guarding of Russian border  Plan R (Russia) called for more troops to be deployed on Russian border: Wanted to curb Russian assistance to Serbs

 Plan G assumed a full scale German attack: Russia would allow Germans to gain territory while Russians mobilized for war. Russia would then eject Germans from territory  Plan 19 called for less sacrifice of manpower

 Britain had no desire for war, thus had no devised plan  U.S. adopts rigid neutrality  Both wanted to protect trade; ended up favoring Allies