Germany's defeat on the Western Front was not caused by the failure of the Schlieffen Plan, the plan failed on September 11th 1914 and the war dragged on for another four years until Germany was defeated on November 11th 1918. The failure of the plan led to many causes such as a war of movement had become a war of attrition (a stalemate). There were long-term and short-term reasons for Germany's defeat as a consequence of the …showed first 75 words of 1040 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1040 total…amp;lt;Tab/>Looking at the many reasons for Germanys defeat on the western front I would say that it was not completely caused by the failure of the Schlieffen plan. I believe that the Schlieffen Plans failure was a major long-term effect the linked in with lots of other long-term and short-term effects, that mounted in the allies favour and this cause Germany to lose the war. <Tab/>