Plan XVII

Target entity: Plan XVII
Context triple: [Battle of the Frontiers, strategicContext, Plan XVII]

• A. Manstein Plan
  The Manstein Plan was a German World War II operational strategy that called for a surprise armored thrust through the Ardennes to encircle Allied forces and rapidly defeat France in 1940.
• B. Tirpitz Plan
  The Tirpitz Plan was a pre–World War I German naval expansion program that aimed to build a powerful battle fleet to challenge British maritime supremacy.
• C. Arrow Cross coup
  The Arrow Cross coup was the 1944 Nazi-backed seizure of power in Hungary by the fascist Arrow Cross Party, leading to a brutal regime marked by mass persecution and deportation of Jews.
• D. Machtergreifung
  Machtergreifung refers to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s seizure of power in Germany in 1933, marking the collapse of democracy and the beginning of the Third Reich.
• E. Army of the Three Guarantees
  The Army of the Three Guarantees was the coalition force led by Agustín de Iturbide that secured Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821 under the principles of religion, independence, and unity.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Plan XVII
Target entity description: Plan XVII was the pre–World War I French military strategy that emphasized rapid offensive operations to recapture Alsace-Lorraine from Germany at the outset of the conflict.

• A. Manstein Plan
  The Manstein Plan was a German World War II operational strategy that called for a surprise armored thrust through the Ardennes to encircle Allied forces and rapidly defeat France in 1940.
• B. Tirpitz Plan
  The Tirpitz Plan was a pre–World War I German naval expansion program that aimed to build a powerful battle fleet to challenge British maritime supremacy.
• C. Arrow Cross coup
  The Arrow Cross coup was the 1944 Nazi-backed seizure of power in Hungary by the fascist Arrow Cross Party, leading to a brutal regime marked by mass persecution and deportation of Jews.
• D. Machtergreifung
  Machtergreifung refers to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s seizure of power in Germany in 1933, marking the collapse of democracy and the beginning of the Third Reich.
• E. Army of the Three Guarantees
  The Army of the Three Guarantees was the coalition force led by Agustín de Iturbide that secured Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821 under the principles of religion, independence, and unity.
• F. None of above. chosen