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Western Front of World War I

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Smooth Animation Of the Western Front of World War I

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FIRST WORLD WAR WESTERN FRONT WORLD WAR I WWI ANIMATED DEMONSTRATION ON A MAP

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WWI The First Modern War: The Western Front Inspires the Tank | History

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World War I 101 - Stalemates on the Western Front - Vook

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne. Following the Race to the Sea, both sides dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France, which changed little except during early 1917 and in 1918.
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