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#Verdun battle ib history series

However, Allies were optimistic when America entered the war in 1917.

French soldiers rebelled after the Nivelle Offensive.

In February 1917, the Germans withdrew behind the heavily fortified Hindenburg Linein north-eastern France, which could be more easily defended.

British killed or wounded totalled 418,000, German casualties were 650,000, and French 194,000.

Aim of these attacks was to relieve the French at Verdun and ensure that the Germans could not send reinforcements to the Eastern Front.

#Verdun battle ib history series

A series of attacks led mainly by the British under General Douglas Haig.The casualties eventually numbered more than 800,000.General Philippe Pétain, the commander in charge of the French troops, held out, but this led to the death of 315,000 men.February 1916, Germany launched a massive attack against the French fortress town of Verdun.

Germany was driven back from Ypres, where they used poison gas.Despite attempts by Britain and France, stalemate continued in 1915.In Paris, reservistswere sent to meet the Germans via taxis in the famous ‘taxis of the Marne’, and they were able to overpower the German force.Attack on Belgium brought Britain into the war, in an attempt to maintain its neutrality.Belgian resistance was unexpectedly strong and it took the Germans more than two weeks to capture Brussels.

Required the German armies to sweep through into northern France via neutral Belgium.Schlieffen decided to use the bulk of German forces to win a speedy victory over France, after which they could be transferred to the east to deal with the Tsar’s armies.Practices of WW1 Western Front The Failure of Schlieffen Plan