As soon as war was declared, Germany's Schlieffen Plan went into operation. The Schlieffen Plan was simply but risk: German government sent German forces through Belgium to knock France out of the war quickly.
The theory was that Russia would take a long time to mobilise its troops, so they had to try to get Paris and defeat France within six weeks.
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At first, it looked as they had planned, even France had to move their government away from Paris to Bordeaux. However, France could position ther troops around Marne river. German chief major, Von Moltke, thinking that it would be an easier victory, decided to envy some troops division to the Eastern front.
French chief major, Joffre, took advantage of that decision and they cought Germans by surprise and obligated them to retire; however they could stablished the front. Marne's battle emphasized that German plan had failed.
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