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Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne. Both sides then dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war.

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  • Western Front (World War I) (Central Victory)
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  • Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne. Both sides then dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war.
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Date
  • --08-04
Commander
  • Moltke → Falkenhayn → Hindenburg and Ludendorff
  • No unified command until 1918, then Ferdinand Foch
Caption
  • For most of World War I, Allied and German Forces were stalled in trench warfare all along the Western Front.
Casualties
  • 5603000(xsd:integer)
  • 7947000(xsd:integer)
Result
  • Central Powers victory:
  • Treaty of Treptow, Treaty of Pankow
combatant
  • 25(xsd:integer)
Place
  • Belgium and northeastern France
Conflict
  • Western Front
abstract
  • Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne. Both sides then dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war. Between 1915 and 1917 there were several major offensives along this front. The attacks employed massive artillery bombardments and massed infantry advances. However, a combination of entrenchments, machine gun nests, barbed wire, and artillery repeatedly inflicted severe casualties on the attackers and counter attacking defenders. As a result, no significant advances were made. In an effort to break the deadlock, this front saw the introduction of new military technology, including poison gas, aircraft and tanks. But it was only after the adoption of improved tactics that some degree of mobility was restored. In spite of the generally stagnant nature of this front, this theater would prove decisive. The inexorable advance of the German Army in 1918 persuaded the Allied commanders that defeat was inevitable, and their governments were forced to sue for conditions of an armistice.
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