Ww1 Unit 1 Research Paper

Even though each soldier would have been involved in some form of continual conflict with serving on the front-line (trench rapids, snipers, shelling), it is possible to distinguish major battles (or pushes) whose names have gone down in history as some of the bloodiest conflicts ever waged. There were many battles that took place during the war but the most remembered were the five major battles. Those battles are, The Battle of Marne (1914 and 1918), The Battle of Verdun (1916), The Battle of Ypres (1914, 1915, and 1917), The Battle of the Somme (1916), and The Battle of Cambrai (1917). This paper will explain the pros and cons and major details of each battle. On September 4, 1914, the rapid advances of the German army through Belgium and northern France caused a major panic in the French army and many troops were rushed from Paris, in taxis, to halt in the advance. With the combination of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), the Germans were eventually halted and the war settled into the familiar defensive series of entrenchments. Ironically, by the end of May 1918, the Germans had again reached the Marne after the enormous successes of Lunderdorff’s Offensives of that year. The battle of the Marne was very costly in terms of casualties. In fact, it was a precursor of what was
The first battle was an attempt by the BEF to halt the rapid advances made by the Germans in 1914. The second battle was notable for the first use of poison gas that was invented by the Germans, in 1915. However, it is the long-planned offensive of July 31, 1917, that holds the most significance. This battle was fought in the Western Front. The Battle of Ypres was a combination of over-ambitious aims and appalling weather conditions. The horror of the battle was when men drowned in liquid mud. By the time offensive was called off total casualties for both sides had been approximately