Selasa, 11 April 2017

August 1914: Clash of Armies

French and German armies fought World War I’s first major battles on the Western Front in Alsace and Lorraine. The First Battle of the Marne, fought September 5-12, 1914, ended in Germany’s failure to knock France out of the war quickly. The battle, which cost the French approximately 260,000 casualties and the Germans 220,000, also …

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