When the Austro-Hungarian Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, a chain reaction resulted in the First World War.The war was fully anticipated, and one of the belligerent countries, Germany, had a plan in its back pocket ready to go. It was a highly detailed plan, nine years in the marking, which was designed to give them a swift victory.Learn more about the Schlieffen Plan and why it didn’t work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Darcy AdamsAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comSearch Past Episodes at fathom.fmDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/Everything Everywhere is an Airwave Media podcast." or "Everything Everywhere is part of the Airwave Media podcast networkPlease contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on Everything Everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices