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The outcome - bringing to an end the war of movement that had dominated the First World War since the beginning of August the French forces - assisted by the British - had succeeded in throwing back the German offensive, recapturing lost ground in the process.
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First and second battles of Ypres were launched by the Germans in 1914 and 1915 and the third in 1917
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The German "siege" of Verdun was the longest battle of the First World War
Falkenhayn argued that the key to winning the war lay not on the Eastern Front, against Russia -
Intended as a joint French-British attack
the Battle of the Somme is famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British troops -
First and second battles of Ypres were launched by the Germans in 1914 and 1915 and the third in 1917
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Marked the first time tanks were used in significant force
German high command
