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The start (1914): Germany invaded Belgium (4 August 1914) - Schlieffen Plan, Britain send the BEF to France, Belgium resisted bravely for 18 days, German advance held up at the battle of the Marne (Sept 6-12, 1914), The two sides try to outflank each other, Race to the Sea - to secure the channel ports, First battle of Ypres (October - November 1914), Opposing armies reach stalemate, Start digging trenches for protection, Creation of the Western Front - 4oo miles of trenches to Switzerland, A war of attrition (1915-17): After Ypres - war became a war of attrition, Each side trying to seek a breakthrough, Second battle of Ypres - gas used for the first time, Expansion of the trench system, Gallipoli campaign in Turkey a miserable failure, Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916), Germans trying to 'bleed France white', British launch counter offensive on the Somme (July 1916), 100,000s of causalities for little territorial gain, Only one major sea battle - Jutland 1916, The end (1917-18): Battle of Cambrai (Nov-Dec) - tanks used effectively, German Hindenburg line is breached, German Spring Offensive - almost reaches Paris, Allies strengthened by entry of USA to the war (Arpil), Germany's allies surrender (October), Russia leaves the war after a Revolution, Allies launch 100 day offensive, Allied blockading is working - Germany weakened , Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates (9 November), Armistice signed - 11 November (Compiegne),

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