What was the “Schlieffen Plan”?
A) Secret negotiations between France, Britain, and Italy.
B) The treaty ending the war between Russia and France.
C) A German military plan to strike France.
D) A plan to invade the Ottoman coastline.
E) The German naval blockade of Britain.
Ans: C
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