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The First World War started in 1914. This year the War of Movements happened. The beginning of this is marked by the movement of the troops on both fronts. -
This battle took place no the eastern front, where the Germans defeated the Russians. The Russians reacted but were stoped in the Balkans.
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Germany wanted to attack France, waiting for it to capitulate soon. The German army attacked to the outskirts of Paris. The counterattack of French armies and British forces along Marne river forced the German army to retreat to the norhtwest.
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After the Battle of Marne, the fronts were immobilised with trenches that prevented the enemy from advancing. They were also substantially protected by artillery.
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The War of the Trenches continued. Italy and Bulgary went to war. -
This year, the Germans launched offensives on the Western Front, but the French resisted for months in the Battle of Verdún. The British and French attacked the German lines with little success in the Battle of Somme. In addition, Romania entered the war. -
In this year, Russia left the war and the United States joined it, decanting the war in favour of the allies for the great army and its industrial power. -
This year, on the Eastern Front, French, British and Italian defeated the Austrians and their allies. The Austro-Hungarian and Turkish empires called for the armistice and stopped fighting.
On the Western Front, the Germans were defeated, on November 11, 1918, Germany signed the armistice. -
This Battle was the last great German offensive on the Western Front, in which they were defeated.