(Great) WAR! Huh! What is it good for?

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Germany started the First World War (1914-18) with the belief its armed forces could win a quick and decisive victory over France and then Russia. #History #Warfare #SchlieffenPlan #BattleOfJutland #EasternFront #FirstWorldWar #GermanArmy #GermanNavy #ImperialGermany #War #WesternFront #WorldWarI #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2901-en/

The Second Battle of the Marne took place in July and August 1918 and saw Germany's last advance of the Spring Offensive rebuffed by a strong Allied counterattack. #History #FirstWorldWar #GermanArmy #USArmy #WesternFront #WorldWarI #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2899-en/

The German Spring Offensive, also called the Ludendorff Offensive after its commander, was the last major German advance of the First World War (1914-18). #History #FirstWorldWar #GermanArmy #OperationMichael #WesternFront #WorldWarI #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2898-en/

The Battle of Passchendaele (October-November 1917), the final stage of the Third Battle of Ypres, took place in Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War (1914-18). #History #BritishArmy #DouglasHaig #FirstWorldWar #GermanArmy #Passchendaele #WesternFront #WorldWarI #WWI #Ypres #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2893-en/

The First World War (1914-18) was the first global conflict, the first mechanised conflict, and the first to involve civilians far from the fighting front. #History #Warfare #EasternFront #FirstWorldWar #GreatWar #ItalianFront #WesternFront #WorldWarI #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-316-en/

When German generals decided on a strategy of attrition to methodically wear down the French Army in the middle of the First World War (1914-18), the Battle of Verdun was the result, an engagement that spiralled out of control and cost both sides much more than they ever imagined. #History #BattleOfVerdun #FirstWorldWar #FrenchArmy #GermanArmy #Verdun #WesternFront #WorldWarI #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2878-en/

Violent #nationalism held less sway over the common soldiery in #WWI, seen later in mass desertions but early on in the #ChristmasTruce, which began #ThisDayInHistory in 1914 when soldiers across the #WesternFront defied commanders to play #football, exchange food, & sing carols.

The #Caucasus Campaign of #WWI was brutal as the #WesternFront for the #Ottoman & #Russian forces involved. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1914, Ottoman forces in the #BattleOfSarikamish blundered badly, opening fire on their own troops, killing 2,000. Russian troops were more prepared.