The western front
The Western Front was the battle between France and Germany. The western Front was a 400 mile span of Trenches. It was the battle between France and Britain against Germany. The battle was about Germany taking power by advancing into France as part of the Schlieffen Plan.
Both Sides used Trench Warfare causing there to be little advancement. It started as just French troops against Germany. Soon the French began to lose power and Britain stepped in. Britain plays a large role with the French Victory because they gave the extra forces the french needed. It allowed their forces to over power the German forces therefor making sure that they could not advance into France.
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For the Fallen
Robert Laurence Binyon Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), published in The Times newspaper on 21stSeptember 1914. With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres. There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears. They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; They sleep beyond England's foam. But where our desires are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, To the innermost heart of their own land they are known As the stars are known to the Night; As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain, As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain |
There was great loss to both sides during the battle. The poem on the right shows the British side of it. although Binyon was not a soldier he was a medic. the poem depicts the great loss and the brutality of the war. This poem was written during the first outbreak on the front lines in 1914.
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The war on the Western Front was supposed to last only 6 weeks it ended up lasting 4 years. It cost the German side 5,603,000 killed, wounded, captured or missing men. The opposing side also faced great loss. The total was 7,947,000 killed, wounded, captured or missing me. The result was a French Victory with Germany retreating.
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