lets me do as I want or one gives me concrete orders,” General Donrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, German Sixth Army Chief of Staff responsed when it was suggested he suspend offensive employment of his army. The First Battle of the Marne, also classified as the most, “significant land battle of the twentieth century,” impresses one for its scale, decisiveness, and devastating use of rapid small arms fire, machine guns, hand grenades, and artillery. From 5 through 11 September, Germany and France each
Russia was considered a less economically developed country which is why they were expected to take up to a minimum of six weeks to mobilise for the war. So Germany would first of all face France in the west and secondly Russia in the east. Therefore this gave the Germans six weeks in theory to defeat the French before the Russians could mobilize in order to avoid having a war on two fronts on the east and
reasons was because the German troops were exhausted as the German army had to cover from 20 - 25 miles a day. So they were getting emotionally and physically drained. J.M Winter who wrote 'The Experience of World War 1' said 'Why did the plan fail? First the men of the German army had to cover 20-25 miles a day. Is it a surprise by early September many units were simply exhausted?' So when there was a chance to stop walking they took it. This exhaustion meant movement stopped and stagnation started
the British front was clear of German troops. Several of the German formations that had encountered the BEF, were now set out across the Ourcq River, facing General Galliéni’s troops at the left end of the Allied line, on the northern side of the Marne River. The advanced units of the British II and III Corps were on the Grand Morin River, while I Corps and the Cavalry Division, on the right, were still short of the Aubetin River. While all this action is taking place between the BEF and the German’s
plan for two main reasons. Firstly, the Schlieffen plan had not counted on meeting the BEF at all, and their morale decreased after facing such well trained troops, and the fact that the BEF gave the French army time to stop the German army at Marne. If the BEF weren't there, the Germans, regardless of whether they marched around to the west or straight to the east of Paris, could have taken both it and the French army from behind resulting in the overall success of the Schlieffen plan.
generally in a solemn mood as a whole, for it is a day of honor and remembrence of the battles fought and the lives lost. Therefore black and gray are traditional colors worn and used to show the seriousness of the holiday. Despite the solemn mood, France is still thankful on this day for the cease fire of World War 1. The original date was November 11th, 1918. Before this date, Europe was still engaged in WW1. The battles were still going and the shots were still being fired. The war had been going on
World War I is recognized as the first war, the Great War, the war of the nations and the war to end all wars. It was a conflict of wars that lasted from august 1914 to the final truce on November 11, 1918. Although it only lasted four years, it was the most destructive war that had ever happened in history. The death toll was about eight and a half million people and it wounded roughly twenty million or more. The war ended up destroying empires and economies and forever changing all of Europe. The
The First World War A stalemate developed on the Western Front for four main reasons, one being that the Schlieffen plan failed, another reason was that the French were unable to defeat the Germans completely at the Battle of the Marne, another reasons was the "race to the Channel" and the last reason was that defending positions was far easier than attacking. The Schlieffen Plan failed for a number of reasons, one being that Moltke, the German commander, had altered the balance of
fronts, to the East and to the West. Which two countries did they plan to fight? They planned to fight France (on the West) and Russia (on the East). 4. According the Schlieffen Plan, which country should be attacked first and why? According to the Schlieffen Plan, France should be the first country attacked because Rus...
The wars on the Western and eastern front differed in many ways. The war on the Western Front took place on the border of France and Germany. At this time, Germany was facing a two front war. Germany came up with the Von Schlieffen plan to make sure they could conquer the war on both fronts. This war called Germany to defeat the French on the West and then rush their forces East and defeat the Russians. This plan relayed on time. In order to achieve this plan they would have to defeat the French in
Svetlana Palmer & Sarah Wallis A War in Words, the First World War in diaries and letters Chose a novel, play or an extended piece of non-fiction writing about the First World War. Write a personal response to this text. You should consider how, in both treatment of subject matter and style, the writer presents the experience of war. Choice of extended piece: Svetlana Palmer & Sarah Wallis ‘A War in Words, the First World War in diaries and letters’. Published in 2003. When reading Svetlana Palmer
forces and the bad German supply lines which weakened Germany's attack; the French defence of Paris, which diverted Germany's attack; French losses in Plan XVII, without which France may have been strong enough to defeat Germany; and the Battle of the Marne, where both sides failed to defeat the other. The public had been wrong, and the war was not over by Christmas. Both sides had suffered great casualties and loss of forces, and trench warfare had begun.
Failure of the Schlieffen Plan This has been a question discussed many times. Well, one problem that was certain was that there were too many assumptions in the actual plan. There were assumptions such as "Russia will take six weeks to mobilise." This was probably true
August-September, 1914 Marshall Joffre's Report on the Marne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the Frontiers to the Marne: The Official French Report by Marshal Joseph Joffre, concerning the events of August-September 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first month of the campaign began with successes and finished with defeats for the French troops. Under what circumstances did these come about
culture. The Celts originally occupied and dominated that lands of Gaul. In the year of 121, Julius Caesar led the Roman Army into the country of Gaul. He won a decisive victory over the Celtic tribes that once dominated the area. This area became the first province of the Roman Empire. The Romans would rule the region until the Third Century. Savage Barbarian Forces from the East began invading the area in the Third Century. Uncharacteristically, a group of Franks, Visigoths and Vandals began fighting
The Western Front was 700 Km of trenches containing around four million troops at any one time. In order to answer this question, it is best to start with the first and most important cause of the western front, the First World War. In order to have a war, you need yet more causes for that to come about, This brings me to my first point of analysis; the struggle between Austro-Hungary and Serbia. After Serbia has become an independent state in 1878, many Serbs living inside the Hapsburg
there was the over reliance on the Stormtroopers. They were some of the finest soldiers of the First World War, but after the first assaults they suffered heavy casualties and the Germans could not effectively replace them with the same quality of troops. This meant that the Stormtroopers quickly lost their effectiveness due to the high casualty rate. This was demonstrated at the Second Battle of the Marne, when they failed to achieve any sort of breakthrough. The German military during the offensive
Powers. Wilhelm || was the emperor of Germany and expected to gain victory of World War I fast. In The First Battle of Marne Germany's army attacked France but had to go through Belgium first. Belgians held the German Army while France and Britain had time to get their troops ready. On September 3, 1914 German troops were 25 miles from Paris, so the French troops decided to stop them at the Marne River. In the end, the Germans took away their troops. After this, French armies and German armies kept
World War I World War I, was a conflict fought between July 28,1914 and November 11,1918. Also known as the First World War, WWI, The War to End All Wars, The Great War. You ever just wonder how the war started? How did WWI start? There were a number of causes, but the main one was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as result Austria declared war on Serbia. Russia ready to defend Serbia. Next, Germany declared war on Russia to protect Austria; causing French to declare war on Germany
was for Germany to avoid fighting a war on two fronts at the same time. The Plan failed for a number of reasons, but the most important was the unexpected resistance put up by the brave Belgians at Mons and the support given by the BEF at the Battle of the Marne. This meant that von Moltke had to divert his armies from encircling Paris, dig trenches to protect his soldiers from the bombardment form the new artillery, and thereby negate the crux of the Schlieffen Plan, which had depended on speed, knocking