Title: Warfronts
1Warfronts Weapons
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- Alta Loma High School
2Schlieffen Plan
- Plan for Germany to attack France quickly and
avoid a two front war - Plan failed
www.schoolhistory.co.uk
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3Plan assumed
- Russia at least 6 weeks to mobilize
- France easily defeated in 6 weeks
- Belgium would not resist
- Britain would remain neutral
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4Reality
- Belgium BEF held up Germany
- Russia mobilized in 10 days Ggt forced to defend
east - G did not attack Paris, held up by France _at_ Marne
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5Western Front
- Trench warfare
- Small land gains
- Germany vs. UK France
http//www.collectinghistory.net/trench.jpg
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6http//www.uoregon.edu/kimball/images/maps/1914-W
W1.RUS.Ctq39.jpg
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7Eastern Front
- Absence of trenches
- Larger land gains
- German, Austrians, Turks vs. Russia Serbs
- More mobile warfare
http//clevelode-battletours.com/images/usaargonne
tank.jpg
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8Both Fronts
- Huge numbers of soldiers killed
- Mass destruction of land
- Deplorable conditions
- Stalemates
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9Battle of Marne, 1914 1918
- Germany moves thru Belgium
- French troops move to halt advance
- British Expeditionary Forces (BEF) join
- G. halted defensive
- By end May 1918 G. _at_ Marne again
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Army
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10Battle of Ypres, 1914,1915,1917
- 1914 BEF stops G.
- 1915 1st use of poison gas by Germany
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http//www.eurekacouncil.com.au/Australia-History/
History-Pages/1917-battle_of_passchendaele.htm
11- 1917 over-ambitious aims bad weather led to
250,000 dead
http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileSecond_Batt
le_of_Passchendaele_-_wounded.jpg
http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b
/The_Way_to_the_Front.jpg
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12Battle of Verdun, 1916
- Unsuccess. G battle w/ France
- No strategic gains anyone
- F Gen Joseph Joffre Ils ne passeront pas They
shall not pass! - 3 F forts surrender to G
- UK Russia help F
- G on defense
- By Nov, F back to Feb position
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13http//www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/battleverdun/battle
verdun33/afterbattle.jpg
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http//www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/battleverdun/battle
verdun66/fotokerkhof01.jpg
14Battle of Somme, 1916
- One of biggest slaughters
- UK plan march across no-mans, fail rid wire gun
post - Huge losses both
- July-Nov UK 3 miles short 1st day objective
http//www.english.illinois.edu/maps/ww1/photoessa
y.htm
http//www.columbia.edu/itc/history/winter/w3206/e
dit/sommebattle.html
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15Battle of Cambrai, 1917
- Ex of tank surprise break trench deadlock
- 476 tanks move against G
- Calvary fail take full adv.
http//pages.123-reg.co.uk/jerryandjanet-526112/th
egreatwar/id3.html
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