Post B quarter three week two

The suspense is mounting in this chapter, as it is all about the German Chief of the General Staff; Alfred von Schlieffen and his plans to conquer Europe. The first step in the plan is to invade Belgium, which he believes is key. It is much easier said then done, however, for the Germans in their current predictament. Due to intricately woven treaties, had Germany inavded Belgium, it would be attacked on two fronts by at least two powerful nations. I say at least because on the West side, France would be attacking, and on the East Russia. The third nation is Britain because of a treaty between France and Germany, they said they would side with whoever got attacked first. However, it was not certain if Britain would honor their word. Alfred decided he didn't care who attacked him as long as he won the war, so he made preparations to invade Belgium. At first he attempted to sway the king of Belgium to allow his soldiers to march in without resistance, but after the king refuses, he continues his war plans. Belgium doesn't havea a standing chance against the German army because they had 6 divisions of men, and Germany had over 40. So knowing that Belgium will easily fall, Alfred decides how he is going to go about toppling France and Russia, and he decided the best strategy would be to fight one side with most of their troops in order to crush them and leave a small garisan of troops defending the other border. He decides France is the strongest and decides to send 7/8's of his army to fight them and leave 1/8 defending its border against Russia. He had not attacked Belgium yet in the book, so I'm not quite sure how it goes, or even if he does it at all.