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English / the first world war a very short summary
by isa80 on Jan. 3, 2014
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On June 28th 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. Declarations of war followed in an exorable sequence: Germany, Russia, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, etc…Almost all the pieces were in place for the sinister war.
The war was confidently expected to end by Christmas, it was to last more than four years. Trenches* and communication lines were dug*, underground shelters and surfaces defences were constructed. Networks of barbed wire* were set up by both sides along the edges of No Man's Land*.
1915 proved to be the most murderous year of the whole war. Great offensives were launched, all designed to achieve a breakthrough* but all failed*.
In 1916 millions of men were killed, wounded* or missing in action* at the battle of Verdun and at the Battle of the Somme. The chief events on the Western front in 1917 were the tragic French offensive of the Chemin des Dames and the third battle of Ypres. In November, 381 tanks were engaged in the first British mass tank attack at the battle of Cambrai.
In 1918, the German army was reinforced by the arrival of divisions transferred from the east, after their defeat of the Russian army and Russia's withdrawal* from the war. This was the year of the final German offensive. The German advance was stopped by Australian forces at Villers-Bretonneux and the intervention of American troops. The Allied counter-offensive led to the Armistice.
The Armistice was signed on November 11th at Rethondes, Oise.

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    On June 28th 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. Declarations of war followed in an exorable sequence: Germany, Russia, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, etc… Almost all the pieces were in place for the sinister war.
    The war was confidently expected to end by Christmas: it was to last more than four years. Trenches* and communication lines were dug*, underground shelters and surface defences were constructed. Networks of barbed wire* were set up by both sides along the edges of No Man's Land*.
    1915 proved to be the most murderous year of the whole war. Great offensives were launched, all designed to achieve a breakthrough* but all failed*.
    In 1916 millions of men were killed, wounded* or missing in action* at the battle of Verdun and at the Battle of the Somme. The chief events on the Western front in 1917 were the tragic French offensive of the Chemin des Dames and the third battle of Ypres. In November, 381 tanks were engaged in the first British mass tank attack at the battle of Cambrai.
    In 1918, the German army was reinforced by the arrival of divisions transferred from the east, after their defeat of the Russian army and Russia's withdrawal* from the war. This was the year of the final German offensive. The German advance was stopped by Australian forces at Villers-Bretonneux and the intervention of American troops. The Allied counter-offensive led to the Armistice.
    The Armistice was signed on November 11th at Rethondes, Oise.

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