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The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne (French: miracle de la Marne) was a battle of the First World War fought from the 5th to the 12th September 1914. [4] The German army invaded France with a plan for winning the war in 40 days by occupying Paris and destroying the French and British armies (Allies ...
The Battle of the Marne. London: Elek Books, 1965. (Translation of La Bataille de la Marne, published by Editions B. Arthaud, 1964.) Michelin Guide The Marne Battle-Fields (1914) 1925; Perris, George Herbert. The Battle of the Marne. London: Methuen, 1920. Porch, Douglas. The March to the Marne: The French Army, 1870–1914 (Cambridge, 1981 / ...
Battle of Chateau-Thierry, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. Western: End of the Second Battle of Artois July 18–22 Western: Battle of Soissons, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. July 19 Western: Battle of Tardenois, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. Politics: Honduras declares war on Germany. [24] August
This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
The battle involved over 400 tanks and 120,000 British, Dominion, and French troops, and by the end of its first day a gap 24 kilometres (15 mi) long had been created in the German lines. The defenders displayed a marked collapse in morale, causing Ludendorff to refer to this day as the "Black Day of the German army".
The Second Battle of the Marne (French: Seconde Bataille de la Marne; 15 – 18 July 1918) was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack failed when an Allied counterattack, led by French forces and supported by several hundreds of Renault FT tanks , overwhelmed the Germans on their right flank ...
There were two battles of the Marne, taking place near the Marne River in Marne, France during World War I: First Battle of the Marne (1914) Second Battle of the Marne (1918)
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