There were two major fronts where countries mobilized during World War I: The Eastern Front and The Western Front. For next week's blog I would like you to compare and contrast the eastern front and western front in 1914 and in 1916. I would also like you to describe how a stalemate played a role due to these fronts.
I MAY provide you with a handout in class, however most of this can be researched online. STAY AWAY FROM ANSWERS.COM AND ASK.COM! Also, due to the long weekend your blog is due Monday, October 14th by 9:00 p.m.
www.firstworldwar.com has information on these two fronts.
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Eastern and Western Front
During World War 1, Europe was divided into two major fronts; the Eastern Front and the Western Front. Each front had its own unique landscapes and battles fought between the European powers. The Western Front was where the main battles of ww1 had occurred. It consisted of many brawls and disputes between Germany, Britain, and France. According to Germany’s Schlieffen Plan German armies were to attack France from Belgium and so on August 3rd 1914, Germany had crossed the Belgian Borders occupying Brussels (today known as the capital of Belgium) in the process. The French and British tried desperately to fight off German forces from setting foot on Paris in what is known as the Battle of Marne. It wasn’t until the autumn of 1914 when the western front had begun to take its form. The Schlieffen plan, Germany’s only offensive strategy, had failed them miserably. Tired, drained, and low on supplies, German forces took refuge at the Aisne River. There, they began to build a system of trenches to secure their position. The allied powers, not wanting Germany to claim anymore of their land, had begun to create their own system of trenches as well. These trenches were made so that assaults from opposing forces would be averted and saw to it that supplies and resources were easily dispatched amongst soldiers while being secured at the same time. Both the allied powers and Germany extended their system of trenches, seeking to reach the coastline of the North Sea first. Soon enough, “the Western Front became a long line of trenches, fortifications and defenses crossing Western Europe” (alpahistory.net). Germany and the allied forces had eventually come to a stalemate. Generals and commanders from both sides had tried to come up with ways to work around or break through the opposing enemy’s fronts however, the armies of both Germany and the allied powers proved themselves to be impenetrable and therefore no one was able to advance on forward. This stalemate had continued into 1915. In 1916, Germany had broken the stalemate having gathered enough plans and ideas to advance forward. Somme Offensive was launched by the French and British on July 1,1916, as a counterattack for Germany. The French and British successfully pushed German forces back and eventually led to Germany’s withdrawal from perusing Paris.
Way out in Eastern Europe laid the second major battlefield in World War 1 known as the Eastern Front. War on this front was mainly between Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. The war begins on August 17, 1914, when Russia attacks Germany by entering East Prussia. Germany had anticipated an attack from Russia but not so suddenly. The Russians had mobilized far earlier than Germany had expected witch forced the German army to retreat until reinforcements came in. Unfortunately for Russia, Germany having the superior army, was able to beat Russia drastically at the battle of Tannenberg. The eastern front began to take from in 1915. It extended more than 1,000 miles from the Baltic Sea to the shores of the black sea. In the beginning of 1915, Austria-Hungary was helpless against the Russian forces that ruled in Galacia. While war on the Western front was put to a hold by the stalemate, the commanders of the German Military concentrated on the eastern front and initiated more attacks of Russian forces. By the end of 1915, Austria-Hungry and German successfully drove the Russians out of Poland and Galacia. In 1916, things were looking up for Russia as they were better equipped with their supplies and planned to launch another counter offensive attack. It would have been a success if it weren’t for the many injured soldiers and insufficient equipment of the Russia army. 1917 was the year when the Russian government had collapsed and in 1918, Russia had signed a peace treaty with Germany in order to attend to her civil affairs.
ReplyDeleteThe western front and the eastern front were two major battlegrounds armies fought upon in World War 1. The western front is the most well-known out of the two due to many battles taking place on its grounds. It had started to take form in 1914 and eventually became a long line of trenches. In the western front, breaking through the opposing side’s front was a goal both sides tried to aim for. These goals however proved to be too ambitious and a waste of good soldiers and supplies. The eastern front on the other hand, was much larger than the western front. It stretched on for more than 1,000 miles. Networks of trenches were never fully established in the eastern front like the western front because neither Russia, Austria-Hungary, nor Germany had the right amount of men to cover such long distances. Trenches were used less in the eastern front since many armies were mobile and easily spread out. The European powers in the western front at times were evenly match with each other which led to the stalemate in 1915. On the eastern front, Russia had a poor infrastructure while Austria-Hungary’s army consisted of men who pledged little allegiance to the empire. Germany’s army was well trained and had strong leaders as well as good supplies which helped then succeed even if they were outnumbered. Although the western front was considered to be livelier, battles on the eastern front were just as cruel and brutal. Many soldiers were injured and countless lives were lost on the western and eastern front in these dark times of war.
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The Western & Eastern Front
The Western and Eastern Front were two important territories in World War 1. The Western Front was the place in where Great Britain and France wanted to confront Germany. Basically the Germany Army opened this front by invading Belgium because it was part of their Schlieffen Plan to attack France. France didn’t like that so they wanted to confront Germany along with their ally Great Britain and this happened in the Western Front. Historian Paul Fussell describes the Western Front as a territory with three lines of trenches. One of the lines of trenches was located approximately 50 yards to a mile from its enemy. Another line of trenches was a support trench line around seven hundred yards back from the trench and lastly, a line of trench was several hundred yards behind the second line of trench mentioned above. The Western Front stretched from Belgium to Switzerland. Many battles occurred in the Western Front. For example: the Battle of Liege in 1914, which caused the Belgian army to back up and the Battle of Epehy in 1918, which was directed against forward outposts of the Hindenburg Line. These battles marked the beginning of the battles in the Western Front and the last battle in the Western Front. In total, they were 51 battles in the Western Front
On the other hand, on the Eastern side, Russia, Germany and Austria Hungary faced each other in the territory known as the Eastern Front. The battles on the Eastern Front began when Russia invaded East Prussia on the summer of 1914. The fact that Germany introduced a counteroffensive and pushed Russia back caused a pattern of attacks for approximately two years, which caused the Eastern Front to change position. In contrast to the Western Front, they were only 8 battles in the Eastern Front. For example: the Battle of Bolimov in 1915 which is remembered as Germany’s first extensive use of poison gas and the Battle of Lutsk in 1916 which caused Romania to join the war with the Allies.
The stalemate that occurred in 1915 played a role on the fronts because the fronts couldn’t make moves. In the last two years of the war, both fronts broke the stalemate because each front laid siege to the other front and this is how they overcame the stalemate. In conclusion, the Western and the Eastern Fronts were the main territories in which a lot of the battles during World War 1 occurred.
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Ms.Noce
Oct 13, 2013
The eastern front and western front were fronts where long lasting battle happened throughout ww1. In the eastern front, the battles took place mainly in the land of France. Countries that were involved in the eastern front were Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russian. Later as time passed by the Bulgarian and Ottoman empires joined the Central powers and the Romans joined Russia. The eastern front was over 1000 miles long which stretched along France. Russian’s base was poor, they obtained the largest army well trained army but their transportation of equipment was very poor, at that time they used rail roads. The Austria-Hungary Empire was very poor trained. Most soldiers in the military were prisoners that only went to the front for freedom; they weren’t fighting for their country. German had an extremely well rounded military even when they were outnumbered by other militaries. August 17, 1914 was the start of the battles on the eastern front with Russians demanding full attacks towards Germany at the northern part of the front. German managed to beat Russia. Russia had more luck fighting Austria-Hungary; they managed to force Austria-Hungary to move back to Carpathian Mountains also taking over the Province of Galancia. 1915 Austria-Hungary lost hope against the Russians. with this happening German occupied the whole Eastern front, German was allied with Austria-Hungary, they worked together to move Russia out of the Carpathian Mountains in less than three weeks, Russians weren’t expecting this move. In 1916 while Germans were distracted by fighting France in the west, Russia attacks Austria-Hungary and again drove them back to Galancia. When Roman joined the eastern front, the front expanded 100 miles to the south. Romans goal was to gain back Transylvania region was occupied by Austrian-Hungary. When Roman attacked Austria-Hungary, The Bulgarian and Ottoman Empires defended Austria-Hungary by attacking Roman. In 1917 was the year the biggest army failed, “Armies were mutinied” soldiers no longer wanted to fight and this was a very big advantage for the Germans which they continued to advance. March 3, 1918 was the date where the treaty of Brest-Litovsk was made which finally ended the battles at the eastern front for good. In the end Russians lost around 2 million soldiers with 4 million wounded, there were also 500 thousands of innocents dead. Romania had about 200 thousand soldiers dead with 100 thousand wounded with 120 thousand innocent dead. Austria-Hungary lost over 1 million soldiers with 3 million wounded. The Bulgarian lost about 80 thousand soldiers with 150 thousand wounded. Germany lost over 2 million soldiers with over 4 million wounded also Germany had the smallest amount of innocent dead which were only 1 thousand. The Ottoman empire lost nearly 800 thousand soldiers with 400 thousand wounded.
Unlike eastern front, the western front was mostly located at Belgium; the western front was a location where major battles occurred. Many countries were involved but it was mainly a battle between the triple ententes against the German empire. The name western front was given by the Germans. The western front was described as a deep ditch which zigzagged from Melbourne to Canberra. The wars in the western front mainly began August4, 1914. Germans makes the first move by attacking Luxembourg and Belgium. This was part of the famous Schlieffen Plan but this move didn’t go as planned. Throughout 1914 German launched numerous attacks, but many weren’t successful. At the beginning of 1915 the Germans launched attacks at a north region of Paris. In April 1915, the German used gas as a way for attacks which caused 300 thousand allied deaths. The western front was a extremely different environment, unlike the eastern front. After years of fighting neither side found a way to fight on this such unique land, it was an environment where you had to be cautious at all times.
By 1916 the German came up with an idea to get solutions from young soldiers so they could put this idea together into new tactics. At the western front German was the biggest attention out of all the countries involved in the eastern front. The Germans were very against the French, launching many attacks over many years. Germany makes a mistake once by attacking France for five months, German lost about 300 thousand soldiers and France 460 thousand soldiers but Germany lost some of their best troops. After this British and France launched attacks against German’s strongest armies throughout the western front. In one single day the British lost over 50 thousand soldiers. This event ended at the begging of October with over 1 million deaths combined for all three countries. On the year of 1917 not a lot happened with German retreating between February and April. France gets a new commander named Marshal Robert-George Nivelle. Also in the same year the British started to use tanks to attack Cambrian, surprisingly German still managed to defend British and to make British move back to its starting position. The last offensive attack on the western front was made by Germans in the month of March. By November 11, 1918 was when the battles on the western front finally ended. As a conclusion, 11% of France populations were killed. 8% of Great Britain, 9% of Germany of population was killed.
ReplyDeleteOn the Western front, stalemate had a role on certain powers. What does stalemate means? Stalemate means when one of the sides isn’t unable to make any more moves. One big example for this was the famous Schlieffen Plan created by the Germans. But the main reason for stalemate was because of the weapons that were used in the western front. Machine guns were great for defense but not so good for attacking. At that time machine guns weren’t so accurate, so either side couldn’t make précised attacks. Another Example of stalemate is the Germans taking advantage of the environment to defend themselves but they had better chance to make attacks against opposing powers. Also back in time they didn’t have the best method of communication, this caused many death of soldiers for al powers included in the western front because if the attacks weren’t successful the general wasn’t able to tell soldiers what to do next. This is how stalemate played a role during the battles at the western front
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World War 1 History: Overview of the War On The Eastern Front. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. .
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The Eastern and Western fronts 1914 and 1916 played roles in World War One. The Eastern had Allied Germany , Austria and the Russian Empire but on the Western side was central British , France and Belgium for the most part. From the start you can tell that the Western conditions was more better then the East. The Western had a big landscape because Belgium and France was huge. The conditions were rocky, had rivers , swamps and so fourth. This played a role in battles because the West was use to this and would be able to use techniques. On the other hand Eastern front had a much larger landscape that covers about 1,000 miles. Tatics they used was trench because people who wanted to attack would stop about 50 to 60 miles in. Battles were crazy because both had diffrent conditions but used it in battle.
Stalement in 1914 mostly was like a chest game against one another. For example two stalements that happened in this time period was the Schliffen plan and the France plan XVII. The Schliffen plan was a fail from the start because Moltke tried to change up the plab but ended up abandoned the plan. This lefted the Germains in trouble because they had no more ideas moving foward. The France Plan XVII , was actually good because this would go against Germany on the offensive. But this was a check-mate to because Germany was more strongering then France thought they was. This backed France into a big corner. In the 1916 the stalement was more serious and brutal. France was getting attacked by Germany , and it started to get bloody. Sides from both parts were loosing. The outcome was about a million were killed, 420,000 from Britian and Dominion , 200,000 from the French and 450,000 from Germany. This was bad on all parts because everybody was loosing people.
In 1914 war the Western and Eastern powers were diffrent. The East was better then the west because they were more aggersive. On the Eastern side, Germany was the top dog and would go do anybody. For example the Belgian Wallonia(page 3) , was about Germany just doing what they wanted to do. The came across the border of Belgium and attacked on the 21 of August. Since Germany was so strong they also took away the towns on the 25. Even Britain withdraw from a battle with them. Germans had took over Mons , but was taken over again November 1918. Same from the Eastern front Russia came over with the offensive to beat Germany, but got beaten bad. Although, Russia didn't give up and battled Austria in which they won , so they took over Galacia. The Western and Eastern battles were more of taking over one anothers land , which Germany had no problem.
ReplyDeleteIn 1916 Russia had improved for the good. Since Germany was busy attacking the Western front, Russia seized the chance to attack Austria again , which brung Romania to get in the action. Romania was in the mind set of war that they didn't do a defense at all. Germany, Austria , Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire all joined forces to battle Romania. So both in 1914 - 1916 was all about who can get what. Although the Western tried its best to stand ground and battle, the Eastern front was to much of a better foe.
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Ms.Noce
WW1 was a tense war fought between Allied Powers and Central powers. We know the countries that participated and fought their victory, even their defeats. But among these events there were the battle fields that were based upon 2 sides, the Western Front and the Eastern Front. Even if these fronts all came out to be WW1, they had their differences not only because one of them was in Western European ground and the other in the Eastern but because of the events that occur in these fronts. The Western front was named after the Germans; this front ran from western Belgium to far north of Swiss territory (about 700 km). This front was huge, the allied powers where head-to-head with Germany in this front. When both sides came to this position, they build trenches, which were sort of like caves to protect the soldiers from any gun power, explosions and anything that could bring immediate death. Just because these trenches were built does not mean that the soldiers where safe. Any wrong movement from a soldier of ether side could have been killed by a gun power used from the other side pointing towards them. It was a game of “Cat and mouse” I attack, you hide or die. It wasn’t easy to keep up and alive. Winter was so cold that when water was taken to the soldiers, it was like giving them frozen ice, but all they had to do was guard them from any sudden attack even if it was hard. Germany was not going to give up and the allied powers were just going to keep on pushing. Germany’s goal was to use the schlieffen plan and take down this front and then mobilize to France where they would take down Paris. Unfortunately The Allied Powers Took over the Western front and Germany retreated.
The Germans Tactic of the Schlieffen plan also involved another part, The Eastern Front. From The Battle of Stalluponen (1914) to the battle of Lutsk (1916) the Eastern Front was an intense battle ground. Due to really cold climate, the soldiers had a difficult time staying alive; sometimes pneumonia was feared more than a gun fired. The cold winds would get under the soldiers skin and make them loose focus on their primary goal, ether side, Allied or Central power’s victory. This front ran from Russia to Northern Romania covering most of Russian attack towards Germany and Austria-Hungary. Just like the Western Front, The Eastern Front was based upon trenches that protected the soldiers from any attack but the difference was that temperature really affected their visuality of each other. In the western front, there were situations that Temperature would affect them but Gun fire caused more death then Temperature, here it was the opposite. Since Russian forces were used to the temperature, they captured many German soldiers and got to push them off. Germans also lost this front and were immediately put cornered and put in a surrender status. Now the question is, “What caused stalemate in this war?” Stalemate (a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible) played a big role in a point of these fronts. There came a point that deaths occur but in reality both sides were not winning anything. The soldier would be under the trenches and hide till any further notice or order. These men were losing it, came to a point that anything they saw, they would shoot at because they thought it was a soldier. According to records, they shot Leafs, rocks moved by the wind, birds and even cigarettes. In conclusion, this stalemate was a big impact for both sides because it was a way of saying “ok what do we do now?” maybe this question did pass thru the soldiers minds but at the end, the allied forces pushed the Central powers of and Won WW1 with high honor and victory.
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"Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com. N.p., 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.
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Ms. Noce
October 13, 2013
Eastern & Western Front
From year 1914 to 1917, which is during the First World War, there are two territories known as the most significant are the Eastern Front and the Western Front. Eastern Front was known by the fight between Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary on the East side of Europe. Totally eight battles occurred during the eastern fronts. It started by the Battle of Stalluponen, which Germany Eighth Army fight against Russia General Rennenkampf’s First Army. Russia planned to invaded East Russia, but immediately Germany get involved in counter-offensive and hold down Russia. Which cause land lost or captured by other countries, the Eastern Fronts started to change positions. Because of the circular attack happened for the late two years. The last one was the Battle of Lutsk, is a pivotal engagement of Russian Brusilov Offensive. Because Austro-Hungarian and Russian Eighth Army power under General Kaledin had force Lutsk into fortified position. But Russian force had been broke through Austro-Hungarian. After all, the Russians and the setting barbed wired captured the unescapably defending forces. It ended up lost Lutsk. One battle leads to another battle.
Western Fronts known by Great Britain and France allied against Germany. German tried to get through Belgium to reach France set as a boarder but however France is heavily defended. As part of the Schlieffen Plan, Germany wanted get into France without the attacks from Great Britain and French. The Battle of Liege was the first action in Western Front, fought between i Imperial Army and Belgian Army. As Germany on the way to Paris, they marched through neutral Belgium. They thought there would be no resistance, but Belgium had put up a decent fight. As result, Belgium got pushed back to Antwerp. The Battle of Cambria occurred in 1917, the first full-scale offensive war launch by British to introduced their weapon “tank”. Started the offensive attack go against Germany with over 450 tanks. Before the attack there is no preliminary bombardment and surprise Germans. This is the only time allies achieved a complete surprise attack, and the first day Germany lost their ground. As the war continued, Germany began their counter-attack to push British back to where they had captured. The battle ended in December 7th, the grounds British won on the first few days had lose almost all on the last day. In total there are fifty-one battles in western fronts.
Stalemate was in a situation there is no action taken, and called the deadlock. The Schlieffen Plan fails in 1914. It took Germany more times than they assume to get pass by Belgium, which this gave time to Russia and Britain to mobilize their troops. Germany attack over at Paris had stop and held in Belgium. In conclusion, both Eastern Front and Western Front are significant territories and many battles occurred in World War I. The beginning battle leads the battle happened afterward.
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Ms.Noce
During the World War 1, there were two major fronts the Western Front and the Eastern Front. Throughout this blog I’ll be comparing and contrasting both major fronts in 1914 and in 1916. Most men who were from Britain and it’s Empire died at the Western Front during World War 1. Being apprehensive of a war on the two fronts, the Schlieffen Plan was adopted by Germans to be able to get what they wanted, which was to remove France from the war as soon as possible before Russia was able to mobilize its force. On the other hand, the Eastern front was mostly between the central powers and the Russian Empire.There’s a huge difference between these two fronts. The Eastern front had less than 10 battles while the Western Front had more than 20 battles in 1914 through 1916. East Prussia was conquered by Russians quickly mobilisation, and two strong armies who were under the control of General P.K. Rennenkampf and General A.V. Samsonov. Regardless of the differences between the fronts they had a few similarities such as having similar trench systems, and they both didn’t have enough men to cover the hundreds acres of land. Both of the fronts were very powerful and yet, both fronts lost some type of government placement. The Eastern Front, had many concerns due to the limited items, not enough supplies and not having enough sources. Each front had many bad effects which made it even harder to reach their goals.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/launch_ani_western_front.shtml
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War had started on the eastern front because Pavel Rennenkampf the Russian general had launched an attack on eastern Prussian on august 17, 1914. Russia had attacked the German army two days after. The Russians had lost 92,000 men in the battle of Tannenberg and lost 100,000 men in the battle of Masurian Lakes due to the German forces. The Germans and Austrians had captured Lithuania, Poland, and Latvia by May, 1915. 13,000 men had been captured due to the huge attack on Austria made by Russia on June 1916, and resulted the Austro-Hungarian to be in a dangerous position. Romania entered war and took over Transylvania, which was a terrible idea because they didn’t prepare for the war enough to defend themselves, so the Germans took their chance and attacked Romania. Romania had fell apart which led to the Austria and Germany gaining lost of wheat fields and coal making them stronger as a whole. In 1918 there was a treaty called Brest-Litvosk which was that the Bolshevik had to be separated from everyone else in Europe and the Russian agreed to stop fighting with Germany.
In the western front there were many battles and they included the French, British, Belgium, and Germany. One of the main battles were where the Germans had to fight off the army force in Belgium and move into France to attack them as well, this was called the Schlieffen plan. The trench war system was a big part on the western front it went from Belgium all the way into Alsace. The point of it was to communicate, defend, and attack. The Germans had to start building trenches in order to defend themselves from the Belgium and French attacks.
A stalemate is when neither side can make a move and it becomes a draw. The Germans had failed in the battle of the Marnes and the soldiers were faced with diseases every day. The trenches were not as helpful and many soldiers kept dying every single day. The army forces had began to weaken on both sides and countries had to retreat more often.
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Eastern and Western Front
During World War One, there were two major fronts, which were known as the Eastern Front, and the Western Front.
The Eastern Front, which had a serious impact in the war, involved Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Germany. They all got into the world war and involved Europe in one of the bloodiest wars in history. The statistics for the Eastern war were terrible. More than 3 million men died, more than 9 million men were injured, and every important country engaged in the war lost its form of government. Russia collapsed completely; it was so devastating that consequences still are spoken of in today’s world. A role of stalemate was played in the Eastern Front even though the armies had a lot of room to move. In 1915, a military innovation changed the method of the stalemate.
The Western Front involved British, French and American warriors. In this front, the war of trenches and machines had finally begun. The Germans responded by building a combined arms squad tactic, which French and British brushed off as aggressive tactics. After terrible failure, Britain had a new weapon known as the tank. This had changed the nature of warfare. France adopted both methods and weapons, but Germany was the one who came to the drain of economic warfare. The war ended on November 11, 1918, and the conclusion was that there were millions of deaths on the Western Front. In the Battle of Ypres, opposite armies faced each other in a line of trenches, which therefore began the deadly stalemate on this front. In order to break the stalemate, Britain made other war arms. During this front in WW1, 8% of Great Britain, 11% of France, 9% of Germany, and 0.37% of the United States’ population were killed or wounded.
The stalemate was broken by the many actions that both sides took during the last two years of war. In 1918, the two events which brought stalemate to an end were; the intervention of the United States and the withdrawal of Russia.
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ReplyDeleteIn a war, there is always a front. A front is where forces of different countries or factions collide and battle each other. During World War 1 there were two main fronts: The eastern front and the western front. In this essay I will compare and contrast both fronts in terms of geography, tactics, battles and intensity of battle.
The front which is the most studied and more plentiful in information is the western front. The forces fighting in the western front were: German armies, French armies, British Expeditionary Force, and American reinforcements. In the western front there were many more battles than in the eastern front. Decisive battles, such as the Battles of the Marne, were fought in the west front. In total, there were 36 significant battles in the western front against the mere 8 battles in the eastern front from 1914-1916 (Data according to firstworldwar.com).
One could argue that there were two main reasons there were so few fights in the eastern front: First, the Russians mobilized too quickly without proper supplies, and were overly confident of themselves as an “invincible” power, which made them easier to defeat. Second, the Russian defeat’s embarrassment made the Russian people unhappy; this unrest didn’t allow Russia to focus on waging a war and eventually left the war in 1917 before the Russian Revolution bloomed.
The region in which the western front spanned contained a multitude of environments such as beaches, forests, plains, and rivers. Terrain varied from sand to rock. Lands in the east were less varied; they usually were mountain lands, plains, forests, and lakes. The western front was very varied in both terrain and environments within a smaller area, and oppositely the eastern front contained few environments in a very large area. Both fronts had the common environments of mountains, plains, and forests.
Both fronts had the initial similarity of a defensive force (the French/British forces in the west, and German forces in the east) against a quick offensive army (the German army in the west, and the Russian armies in the east). But with the Allied counteroffensive in the Battles of the Marne, Germany was forced to retreat and use Trench Warfare. Now both fronts were very contrasting, with the western front being stationary war and the eastern front having more free movement of troops to wage war.
The eastern front never took the path of trench warfare because the area was considerably larger than that of the western front, and fewer troops in a larger zone gave countries more freedom to move their forces around; contrary of the western front where there was a large amount of soldiers in a considerably smaller area, in other words the western front could be called a “bottleneck” front.
Both fronts had the common problem of bad communication, the German failure of the Schlieffen Plan and the ill-prepared attack by Russia; and lack of supplies.
A stalemate, a situation in which opponents are stuck and cannot make any move, ensued in the west; and less notably in the east with the Serbs outstandingly pushing back every attack from Austria Hungary even though they were outnumbered 3 Austrians to 2 Serbs, and the Russians getting humiliated by German forces by being driven back constantly (Macrohistory).
The most significant stalemate, and the most known, was the stalemate in the western front. The geography and concentration of troops in the western front aided the formation of a full stalemate, as previously stated. The stalemate in the east was less intense, troops could move, push and attack further, but the stalemate lied in the capability of some countries to easily counter their attackers and drive them back; thus the attackers made no significant advance and just lost men, equipment and supplies.
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The western front and eastern front were different yet similar fronts during 1914 to 1918. They were made up of multiple battles during those years.The western front was known as a hostility of territories in France and Flanders. British, French, Belgian, and American armies were going against Germany. The industrial region was giving a big percentage of coal to the French in 1914. It was to be used by the Germans so that they could support their routes as in roads, canals, and railways. Also because they didn't want the French to be able to use it. The British army was very significant because of the effort lead by them throughout the war. On Aug 2, 1914, the war on the western front did not end the German's progressed into Luxemburg and shortly after to the Armistice on Nov. 11, 1918. The western front war had faced a lot of battles during 1914. It can be viewed as Germany charging the allies and the French to quest the conclusion of the war. Also very long and not as powerful. And the allies returning to mobile warfare by involving periods of advances.The eastern front was made up of the central powers which were known as German, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian empire's. The Bulgarian and Ottoman empire had also gathered with the central powers.Some comparisons between the eastern and western fronts were the Terrain, Russian, Austria, and Germany empire. The Terrain because both fronts had similar trench systems. The Russian empire because they came together even though they were classified as poor even though they were struggling trying to maintain supplies for their army.
Also Austro-Hungary empire had mainly all their military come from states which seemed independence but weren't very committed to their empire. The outcome to that was very negative. Lastly the German empire, which resulted as a success, they were very loyal, committed, and powerful they impacted the war tremendously.During the happening of the Western and Eastern Fronts a stalemate occurred. Germans had invaded Belgium and abused them badly in the west. French thought very negative about the Germans and so they began their resentment towards the eastern border involving France and Germany. After that occasion took place of failure stalemate continued and the western front was occupied with trenches, from the Swiss Alps to the English Channel. The Germans had defeated Tsars army during the battle of Tannenburg in the eastern front. That happened soon after the Germans approached Belgium.In conclusion, both Western and Eastern Fronts had their differences but they both seem to seek the same outcomes which were to become independent & have freedom.
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The Eastern front and Western front obviously had a significant goal in each battle fought. Either to win and/or claim land like the French for example trying to gain back land they lost to the Germans. But the way the Eastern and Western fronts fought in the war alone both had their differences and similarities.
ReplyDeleteThere was a lot of focus on the Western front because you had Germany and France then you had Great Britain getting involved. One of the first battles happened when Germany was trying to pass through Neutral Belgium to get to France but they wasn’t letting them pass. This was called the battle of the Liege. The Germans were just putting their Schlieffen plan into action in this point of the war. The allies made a significant victory within the trenches during the first battle of Champagne. This victory was towards the Germans and was led by a French Leader. It seemed as if the Western front of the war was more interested in ending things quickly. It also seemed to me like the Western fronts enjoyed the battle strategies of using Trench warfare more than the Eastern fronts.
But on the Eastern front the Russians had a similar idea and their plan was to invade the Eastern part Prussia. This was called the battle of Stalluponen. The Russians men (in numbers of 200,000) entered East of Prussia from the Northern side, while the second army entered from the south. Similar to the Western Fronts the Eastern Fronts were also ones who invaded other countries in battle, I figure it is the only thing you can do in time of war (only because you cant just go meet up somewhere else in an unknown location and just have battle there). So the Eastern and Western Fronts have that in common. But it seems as if more of the wars focus might have been on the Western fronts because there were significantly more battles over there going on between the French, British, and Germans. But I’m going to give at least one more example of an Eastern front. It seems like the Eastern paid more attention to numbers rather than strength if I could say myself. The Archduke Josef Ferdinand was confident his defense of 200,000 men could hold off the Russians army of 150,000 men. I’m guessing he thought that only because he had more of an advantage in men. But soon enough he found out he was wrong when Austria nearly almost got knocked out of the war and lost a huge amount of men (about 1.5 million men died). Later on Romania entered the war and joined the Allies right around the time Austria ceased their attacks going on in Italy.
The Eastern and Western fronts both had similar plans on how to get rid of each other, or win the war. They tried doing that by invading each other to using similar battle strategies (such as Trench Warfare or poisonous gas). But a Stalemate played a role in the war due to both of the fronts in the trenches. It got to a certain point of the war where both fronts weren’t moving at all. This was after the invasion in Belgium to get to France. The stalemate expanded from the beginning of the war until the very end of it. But throughout the stalemate battles fought were usually won locally.
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There were many fronts in the great world war. but their where only two that were important and those two are the eastern front and the western fronts. The western front the allied powers mobilizing in it such as germany, austria-hungary, and the russian empire. the eastern front had the central powers like british, france, and i think belgium. the western front had a good and large landscape, that was good to their advantage. they had many rocks, had rivers. they also had many technology such as aircrafts, tanks, and poison gas. the western front stretches from the north sea to the frontier with france.
The eastern front didnt have a good landscape like the western front. the eastern front stretches from the baltic sea to the black sea. they coverd about 1,000 miles. to make up for this they build trenches which was very helpful.the trenches were very helpful because they helped the soliders protect themselves from the western front and the enemys small guns. also the machine guns could cover more land.
Stalemate was a huge issue in the year 1914 and the year 1918. I think the reason for this was the schlieffen plan and france also had a plan called the plan XVII. moltke wanted to change the plan and make it betterbut he just ended up leaving it alone. so that one reason why the germans didnt know what to do next. the french plan XVII was made to attack germany's offensive side. germany was way stronger than france, so they thought that would danger them so they left the plan alone.
Many things broke the stalemate like new technology like the gas. the gas was a good thing because on the eastern side they had trenches. so throwing the gas into the trenches would make the soliders come out. also tanks and aircrafts, these were useful because the eastern front had long range guns. those guns wouldn't effect a tank or a aircraft because a tank is made of medal and a aircraft is in the air. also the united states joining the war in 1917 made things better cause they would have renforcements to help them out.
The eastern front and the western front had many battles some were really bad and the others were to take over land. the western front had a battle called the battle of verdun it was to capture land but france was not letting that happened without a fight. on page 15 of packet 8 " Germany didn't cpture verdun... the battle ended december 18th 1918 with 140,000 germans dead and over 160,000 french dead." this goes to show you that the french really didnt like that the eastern side was trying to colonize their land. a battle on the eatsern front was to capture land in the battle of russia in galacia. the germans took over the eastern front, so the russians had to leave the war. on page 3 of packet 8 " Russia had to make a strategic withdraw...the central powers had captured Russia, Poland, Lithuania and most of Latvia and parts of Russian Ukraine." the western front was very powerful in world war 1 thwy were able to take over about 5 new territories.
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Eastern & Western Fronts: WWI
During World War I, there were fronts called the Eastern and Western Fronts. The eastern front didn't have as many battles as the western front. There were eight battles fought on the eastern front. On the western front there were numerous amount of battles fought. About more than 20 battles fought on the western front.
The western front was created during the First World War in 1914-1918. The western front came about when the allied forces wanted to take a stand against Imperial German Army. A few of the countries in the allied forces were Belgium, France, Great Britain and the United States. They made a stand against the Imperial German Army because of their advance and them wanting to occupy Belgium and north-eastern France on 4th August 1914 and 6th August 1914. The first battle fought on the western front was the battle and siege (military operation in which a town or building is surrounded by enemy forces and essential supplies are cut off and the aim is to get those surrounded to surrender) of liége which occurred during the 4th and 6th of August between the German Imperial Army and the Belgian Army. Belgium being located on high ground and being surrounded by fortresses (a military stronghold, heavily protected and impenetrable building) created protection from the Imperial German Army. Another battle that was fought on the western front was the Battles of the Frontiers which happened between the 14th and 25th of August 1914. The Battles of the Frontiers took place in the French-German border in Alsace-Lorraine and the French-Belgian border in north-eastern France. The Battle of the Frontiers were made up of four major battles: Battle of Lorraine (14th - 25th August 1914), Battle of the Ardenelles (21st - 28th August 1914), Battle of Charleroi (21st - 23rd August 1914) and Battle of Mons (23rd August 1914).
On the eastern front there is a line of fighting between Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary. There were eight battles fought on the eastern front. The first battle was the Battle of Stalluponen which began on 17 August 1914. Fighting began on the eastern front on 17 August 1914 and was started when Russia invaded East Prussia. Germany fought back immediately and launched a counter-offensive towards Russia. Counter-attacking continued between Germany and Russia for two years of WWI and caused the eastern front to change positions due to land being lost on both sides. Other battles fought on the eastern front were the Battle of Tannenburg (26 August 1914) and the Battle of Bolimov (15 January 1915).
There was a stalemate that developed on the western front. This stalemate was created when there was an equal amount of soldiers fighting on the western front in early 1915 thorough out 1915 and the western front became impenetrable. This created a standstill on the western front. This was an example of a stalemate in one of the fronts during WWI and the different battles fought on both the Eastern and Western Front.
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Eastern and Western Front
The Eastern and Western boarders were the important in World War 1. These two major Fronts divided Europe into two different battle grounds. Each Front had different landscapes and different battle technique, between different European powers. The Western Front was where many of the World War 1 battles occur. Germany was battling with Great Britain and France. Germany had a plan called the Schlieffen Plan, which was German Forces would go through Belgium and attack France. Germany succeeds in takeover Belgium, but failed to take over France because French and British troops were prepared to fight Germany. When Germany failed to take France they retreated to Aisne River were they built a system of trenches to fend off the enemy. The Allied powers also began to build trenches as a defense. This was one of the new techniques learned in World War 1 that could avert enemy troops in open battle fields. Both sides build and build more trenches in till the Western Front was known for being a boarder of trenches. For some time both sides were unable to have a good offensive approach because they fought off enemy attacks but until Germany broke the stalemate. French and British troops had pushed back Germany withdrawal from perusing Paris.
The Eastern Front was the other boarder, were Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary were they fought. Russia attacked Germany by entering East Prussia. Russia caught Germany by surprise but Germany was able to come back with stronger forces to make Russia retreat. The Eastern Front was 1,000 miles from the Baltic Sea to the shores of the Black Sea. In 1915, Russia attacks Austria-Hungary. While the Western Front was in the stalemate, German commanders focused on the Eastern Front. Germany initiated more attacks of Russian forces. By the end of 1915, Germany and Austria-Hungary succeeds in driving Russia back. Russia planed to attack back but did not have the right supplies and men to launch a counter attack. In 1917 Russia’s government had collapsed, and in 1918 Russia signs a peace treaty with Germany. The Western Front was many battles occurred and the Eastern Front was an easier for Germany because they had helped to fight Russia. The Western Front was just a waste of supplies, and men for Germany. Both fronts were big factors in the World War 1.
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World war one was fought on two fronts juggled by the Germans. On the Eastern front, war was a vast and difficult struggle against Russia whilst fighting at the side of Austria-Hungary. The German forces did not immediately send their focus there, however and also fought on the Western Front in France. Here they faced France’s ally, Britain, and found a more equal and level battle. There were various diplomatic and military stalemates encountered due to the plans of the powers involved, however, the stalemate was eventually broken to end the war.
ReplyDeleteOn the Eastern Front, Germany aided Austria-Hungary in their fight against Russia and their support of the Serbs. The Western Front was much more extensive than the war in France. It encompassed four times as much land the terrain was much more uneven, and the forces battling upon it more unevenly matched (Ping 3). Germany and Russia were fighting with much more force but less advanced artillery than was used on the Western Front. As Germany fought on both fronts, they greatly utilized the communication and railway systems available to them across their country. They could transfer troops and information which was greatly beneficial as events on one front invariably affected the other (Ping 1).
The Western front was between Germany and France who was backed by Britain, and involved the first major use of trench warfare. The advanced artillery at the front made this form of combat possible, however, it was soon made clear that it was a wholly destructive state. While neither side could press forward and both possessed near identical weaponry, there was only a steady rate of high casualties and mortalities and no progress was made. The terrain was simple and the sides were fairly evenly matched, so one might attempt a diplomatic reconciliation. The Germans had made this impossible, however when they strayed from the Schlieffen Plan and invaded neutral Belgium and caused outrage among the Western powers, especially Britain and France.
The stalemate was obvious and unavoidable in France, however, it was more interesting in the East where it looked like Russia would be the obvious victor, however, and Germany could still have made some surprising and aggressive move to prove themselves over Germany. There was little doubt in the minds of the Allies. They were then quite surprised when Germany made no such more, settling themselves for a statement on the Eastern Front as well. While trench warfare was also utilized in the East, it could have been overcome due to the terrain to end a stalemate. The plans of the various powers involved are what led to the stalemates. The violation of the Schlieffen Plan, France’s Seventeenth Plan, Germany’s decision to avoid making a strong offensive move against Russia and the various other decisions involving the war all led to the stalemate.
Germany’s offensive move that led to the Battle of the Marne were what truly led to the end of the World War. France’s determination, possession of home ground and aid from the British Expeditionary Force all supported their ability to turn the tide of war and pressure the Germans to surrender. Finally, the strain of war on both became too much and, following the example of Turkey and Austria-Hungary, Germany called for an armistice to save face and their ability to rebuild. In the end, the highly destructive tactics and events of World War One fell in the Allies’ favor after balancing on the tip of a knife for so long.
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comparing and contrasting the Western front and the Eastern front
The two major fronts where countries mobilized during Word War 1, were Eastern front and the western fronts. These two fronts played a major roles in the battles that had took place in the first world war.
August 17, 1914 dated the first battle on the Eastern front. The battle of Stalluponen. This battle was between the German Eighth Army and Russia’s Rennenkampf first army. Rennenkampf’s army was made up of 200,000 men. His plan was to make his way into East Prussia from the northern pathway. Hermann von Francois’s vicious attacks on the Russians made them retreat back on the frontier. General von Prittwitz felt that Francois’s off guard attacks were very hazardous. So he demanded Francois to stop his offensive army before they won the battle. Meanwhile on the Western front, the first battle that took place was the battle of Liege. It started on August 5th and ended on the 16th. Germany had lost a lot of soldiers, due to the invasion of Belgium. In the battle the Germany’s second army too had invaded Belgium. this army had was consisted of 320,000 men . The plan was to capture Liege, because it had a pathway to Belgium that “blocked the narrow gap between the 'Limburg appendix' and the Ardennes, the best entrance into Belgium”.(firstworldwar.com). But Grammany’s plan to place a night attack on Liege failed because she was Guarded .Because the lost Germany had slowed down there advancement.
The battles on the eastern and Western front were mainly between the Allied Powers and Germany. The Battles on the western front were fought in trenches ,barbed wire entanglements, blockhouses and ground shelters. While the battles of the eastern front were fought on large areas, (which were beneficial to the soldiers) and also in trenches.
Throughout the wars that taken place on the western front, it was the stalemate that had a big impact on the outcome of the war. It was on December 24th 1914 that the stalemate took place. When Germany’s plan of abolishing French and British troops on the Marne river failed and “a line of trenches soon stretched along the war's Western Front from the Swiss Alps to the English Channel” (pbs.org) During this all the troops stood still not knowing what would happen next. Then a truce between German, French and British forces was called that had stop the battle. This truce is known was the “last twitch of the 19th century” (pbs.org).
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Eastern Front vs. Western Font
Western Front
Countries in the Western Front: Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Monaco, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg. On August 4th 1914, Britain and France declared war on Germany because Germany’s army tried to cut through Belgium to get into France. This is how the battle of Marne started. The outcome was it prohibited the Germans from invading France. The way Germany kept their territory was by they build their own trenches-a narrow ditch- The French and Britain wasn't able to take back the territory that Germany invaded because they wasn't able to break through the trenches. All of the countries in the western front didn't gain any more than a few miles any territory of the western front in 1914-1916.
The way a stalemate played a role in the Western Front because Germany made their weapons so high tech that they ran out of supplies to create more. This caused them to have a disadvantage. The French’s and British’s army was already not too good. These countries were going to war with low weapons and so little supplies. Although Germany had a few weapons one weapon over powered many of France’s and British’s weapons. The stalemate was broken in 1918 when the American army came in protected their ally-Great Britain- and brought more than a million troops.
Easter Front
Countries in the Eastern Front: Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Russia, and Hungary. The first cause of all the fighting began with Russia fighting against Germany in August 1914. Germany stroked back and attacks Russia because Russia was attacking Germany. This caused Russia to back up and leave Germany alone. The countries used counter-offensive Technic for about two years. The counter-offensive was a Technic to “attack the attacking country”. Russia were got tired of their country losing in all of the battles that their government took the Russians out of the war.
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Eastern and Western Fronts: WWI
During World War One there were 2 fronts. One was the eastern and one the western front. Both were part of the same war but they were very different. First, the western front was much smaler than the eastern front. The western front was heavily fortified by trenches by both sides whereas the eastern front had alot more ground so making trenches would just be an obsticle. Russia was a part of the eastern front and it had a huge army. Although they had such a large army, they could not defend their front as good as the others because the eastern front was, as already mentioned, too large to defent well.
The western front was in the area of belgium and france and was a very slow battle. Trench warefare played a very big role in this time because both sides were locked into position and neither moved. The Schlieffen Plan failed. It was the attempt to go through Belgium and then south into France, It didnt work because of Belgium, who attacked Germany. It was an unexpected attack and Germany was overwhelmed. This lead to the long battle which took place in the belgium and french area which lasted for many months.
The eastern front was a very confusing battlefield. on one side there was russia with her massive army and on the other there was Germany and Austia-Hungary with small but organized armies. Altthough, Russia had a big army it was underfunded and lacked supplies. It was disorganised and not experienced.
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The Eastern and Western Front
The eastern and western front were both an important role in world war one. Europe was basically divided into two major fronts. In the eastern front in 1914 the old monarchies of Austria, Russia and Germany forced there countries into a world war which submerged Europe in one of the most horrific conflicts. The eastern front had a huge impact because more than three million soldiers died in the fighting. The worst part was that every major country that was contributed in the eastern font lost its form of government. Now the western front in 1914 was quite different, ever since the German government moved into Luxemburg very quietly. The fighting on the western front between France and the Flanders never stopped. World War one began as a local disturbance within the southern Europe, and it’s not because it expanded. The western part took place majority of the times in Belgium and France. Troops were poured into an overcrowded area. Then another conflict had begun the war between machinery and trenches. These conditions made it very hard to find series of progressions in both the battlefield tactics and technology. With regards to the eastern front in the 1916s Germany agreed to an armistice and amity talk with Russia. But this “talk” didn’t quite work out, after Germany claimed that they should get there independence because of what Russians had done. After that, the fighting continued once again! But the German leader hoped that the former Russian territories would agree with them. But the armistice ended world war one 3 years after. Germany was placed under civil instead of military control. Furthermore the western front in 1916, German soldiers had improved at least more than 4 miles and killed almost 30,000 British troops. This was such a big upgrading on Germany because they gained even more land. Now the stalemate played a role in the western front because the Schlieffen plan fell short of accomplishing its goal. In the Eastern front stalemate played a role because it was lack of communications and defending.
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World War I was insane! It was fought between the Allied Powers and Central Powers. The two major fronts of World War 1 were the Eastern Front and Western Front. The Eastern Front had a lot of impact in the war. The countries that were involved in the Eastern Front were Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia. Bulgaria and Romania were also involved in the Eastern Front. In the Western Front the countries involved were France, Belgium, and the British. The Eastern Front was involved in the bloodiest conflict in Europe. More than 300 million people died in this fight. When Romania fell apart, Austria-Hungary and Germany lost fields and coal. The fights were so different between the Eastern Front and Western Front. The Eastern Front was more aggressive. The Germans had to fight off Belgium’s army to get to France. However France defended themselves and ruined Germany’s Schlieffen Plan. Germany’s defeat caused the stalemate between the Eastern Front and Western Front. Both sides were weakened.
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