By: Jules Kadien
The German Officer Alfred Von Schlieffen came up with what seemed to be a genius plan to win French territory before the war began
This plan went through multiple changes through years
One finished the plan was focuses to seize France by going through Belgium (a neutral country) and gaining control og the capital Paris
By doing this the Germans can gain needed ground for the upcoming war
The German troops wanted to go through Belgium to reach France
Belgium at the time was a neutral country and did not want to have conflict with France and their allies, thus Belgium decided to try to fend off the Germans
German troops belittled the strength of the Belgium army, Belgium held Germany back for longer than expected
This postponement made the Germans loose supplies, men and time
Germany passed through Belgium in the end of this battle, but lacked in supplies to reach and destroy Paris
After the delay through Belgium the Germans needed to speed up the attack with the French
The troops began to run out of supplies Due to this the troops didn’t make it to the capital
Paris, yet turned slightly east This battle lasted 6 days and involved 2 million men The French won and Paris was saved
While Schlieffen plan was being executed by Belgium and France, the Russians crossed the border and began combat
Germany had to quickly use the little portion of their troops to fend off the Russians until the rest of the army could return from France
Within a month, they Pushed the Russians back killing 250,000
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By: Jeff Padovano
Germans not well supplied French well supplied and confident German Leader became frantic didn’t know
where troops were French began own offensive attack Germans retreated past the Marne River on
September 9th
First major battle between Russians and Germans Germans utilized railway Germans keep troops well supplied Russians retreated Retreat led to many more Russian deaths Russian leader Samsonov killed himself
1000000 shells of artillery fired on the first day 40000000 shells fired after the battle ended Germans used phosphine gas French Leader Joffre kept French troops refreshed and supplied About 70% of French army fought at Verdun
• British offensive attack• Half a million shells fired• 60000 British casualties total• 20000 British soldiers dead
German used artillery, phosphine gas, then an infantry charge Germans pushed French British back 40 miles They united under one leader Ferdinand Foch
Germans, and Austrian began surprise attack on the Italians Caused a massive Italian retreat Drove back Italians 25 miles 275000 italians were taken prisoner
German retreat through rugged swamp land German army left two divisions to protect bulk of German
army Ultimately a suicide mission for Germans but succeeded in
protecting bulk of German army
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