Phases of the war by SOFÍA TURPÍN MARTÍNEZ

The war of movement

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The war began on the Western Front when the German army suddenly attacked France through Belgium and Luxembourg

(the Schlieffen Plan). The Germans hoped to win quickly so it would be able to then concentrate on the Eastern Front.

Battle of the Marne

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The Germans were 40 km from Paris. However, the French and British armies stopped

the advance at the Battle of the Marne.

Battle of Tannenberg

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On the Eastern Front, Germany beat Russia at the Battle of Tannenberg, but the Russians recovered and reached the

border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the Balkans, Serbia stopped Austria-Hungary's advance.

Trench warfare

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The Western Front became immobile. Trenches were built from Switzerland to the North Sea. From that point on, both the Central Powers (allies based on the Triple Alliance agreement) and the Allied Powers (allies based on the Triple Entente agreement) had to find new allies who could provide more soldiers. The Ottoman Empire entered the war in late 1914, followed by Italy and Bulgaria in 1915 and Romania in 1916.

Battle of Verdun

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The Germans launched a new offensive on the Western Front in 1916 but were stopped by the French at the Battle of Verdun.

Battle of the Somme

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The French and British then attacked the German lines at the Battle of the Somme. Both offensives achieved very little, despite the enormous casualties on both sides.

The last phases of the war

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1917 was a decisive year for the war. The terrible conditions of trench warfare caused many soldiers to abandon their duties and many revolts took place on the front. In 1918, the Allies defeated Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front, and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires surrendered and called for an armistice. The Germans were defeated on the Western Front at the Second Battle of the Marne. There were revolts in the German army and navy, as well as workers' demonstrations against the government. As a result, Germany surrendered. An armistice was signed on 11 November 1918, bringing the war to an end.

Brest-Litovsk Treaty

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Russia signed the Brest-Litovsk Treaty with Germany (1918) after the Bolshevik Revolution and withdrew from the war.

USA

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The United States joined the war in 1917 for various reasons, but mainly as a consequence of the sinking of the US ocean liner, the Lusitania, in 1915 by Germany, the intervention of the United States made it a truly global conflict.