German Empire starts its western campaign according to pre-war war plans.
Front - Western
A history of events happening on the Western Front, one between Germany and France.
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1914
4 August
Germans initiate Schlieffen Plan
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1914
5 September1914
12 September
First Battle of the Marne
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1914
17 September1914
19 October
Race to the Sea
Military actionFollowing its defeat in First Battle of the Marne, German Empire changes its tactic in the West for a more... minimalistic one. -
1914
19 October1918
12 March
First Trench Warfare
Military actionFollowing the Cantral Powers defeat during the First Battle of the Marne, the war in the west enters first period of prolonged trench warfare. Casualties grow immensely. -
1915
22 April1915
25 May
2nd. Battle of Ypres
Military actionGerman Empire attempts to capture a strategic town in Belgium. First use of poison gas on the battlefield. -
1916
21 February1916
18 December
Battle of Verdun
Military actionA German attempt to bleed out the Entente by engaging it in a prolonged battle ends poorly. -
1916
1 July1916
18 November
Battle of the Somme
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1917
2 April1917
12 July
Ludendorff's Offensive
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1918
12 March1918
28 October
Kaiserslacht Offensive
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1918
15 June1918
28 October
Second Battle of the Marne
Military actionThe Kaiserslacht offensive once again reaches the Marne river. The results are catastrophic... and change the world forever. -
1918
28 October1920
11 March
Sitzkrieg
Military actionA temporary period of unofficial armistice, as all sides of the Great War prepare for final confrontation... while desperately trying to reorganize themselves internally to avoid collapsing.Additional timelines
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1920
11 March1920
23 June
Hundred Days Offensive
Military actionEntente forces, bolstered by the United States, push the Germans back from their position near Paris. -
1920
23 June1920
23 July
June Armistice
Political eventFollowing the Entente's success in the Hundred Days Offensive, a first attempt to broker peace is made. -
1920
23 July1922
13 April
Second Trench Warfare
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1922
13 April1922
15 June
Paris Offensive
Military actionFollowing a major reorganization of the Central Powers armies, the time for a last offensive of the war has come.