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Not much for the first three and a half years. In March of 1918 the Germans began a "push" that ended up almost reaching Amiens. If Amiens had fallen so too would have Paris. The Allies fought back and pushed the Germans back to the Somme where they finally surrendered.
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How far did the western front stretch?
as far as Switzerland
How far behind the front line did generals live in World War 1?
Very far back in their base which was normally on a hill so that the generals could see what was joining on durring the war.
Where was the western front?
Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the "contested armed frontier" between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. A "contested armed frontier" during a war is called a "front". For most of both world wars there was also an Eastern Front. After the first few months of World War I (WWI) which started in August 1914, until the last few months during the summer of 1918, the Western Front consisted of a relatively static line of trench systems which stretched from the coast of the North Sea southwards to the Swiss border. To try to break through the opposing lines of trenches and barbed wire entanglements, both sides employed huge artillery bombardments followed by attacks by tens of thousands of soldiers. Battles could last for months and lead to casualties measured in hundreds of thousands for attacker and defender alike. After most of these attacks, only a short section of the front would have moved and only by a kilometer or two. The principal adversaries on the Western Front, who fielded armies of millions of men, were Germany to the East against a western alliance to the West consisting of: France and the United Kingdom with sizable contingents from the British Empire and British Dominions. The United States entered the war in 1917 and by the summer of 1918 had an army of around half a million men which rose to a million by the time the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. The Alpine Front between Italy which was a member of the western alliance and Austro-Hungarian Empire which was allied to Germany and the Ottoman Empire, is usually considered to be a separate front. The Western Front of World War II was generally restricted to the same geographic regions as during World War I. During the war the front moved much further, as far West as the English Channel and as far East as line which would become the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Although fighting took place in Norway and Italy these are not usually included as part of the Western Front but as separate campaigns. The Western Front had three distinct phases during the World War II. The first phase lasted from September 1939 until 1940. It started with the Phony War with the allies taking up positions which created a front similar to that held during most of World War I. The first phase lasted until the Germans attacked and won a stunningly fast victory in June 1940. The British had to withdraw the British Expeditionary Force to Britain with an evacuation through Dunkirk Operation Dynamo and France was forced to capitulate. The second phase from the late summer of 1940 until the early summer of 1944 consisted of a stalemate along the English Channel where neither side were strong enough to invade the other's territory with anything more than commando raids. The third and final phase started on June 6, 1944 with the invasion of Normandy on the D-Day of Operation Overlord, When an allied force consisting of American British and Canada Army Groups (with units from many other nations), successfully gained a beach head in Normandy in northern France. By the early autumn of 1944 the front was approximately where the World War I front had been. It ended on May 8, 1945 with the unconditional surrender of Germany. By that time western allied forces were on a front which stretched from the Baltic east of Denmark, southwards along the river Elbe, through the German/Czechoslovakia border into Austria and North Italy. This was a great delay in the war.
How far does Hawaii move each year?
3 cm
In world war 1 where was the eastern front located?
The eastern front was fought between Russia as a member of the Allied Powers, and Austria-Hungary and Germany of the Central Powers.The battles between the Central Powers and the Russian forces under Csar Nicholaz II before Russia opted out of the War.
How far did the western front stretch?
as far as Switzerland
The western front streched as far south as this country?
Switzerland
How do you get a strike on Wii bowling?
If you are right-handed (sorry left-handed people, I can't help you), then you move the red line to the far right side of the lane. ( Don't move it too far).
What country stretched as far south as the western front?
Switzerland 11 spaces :P
Why was Perth in western Australia built where it is?
it is on the far left side of australia Because it would have been too difficult to move it later.
How far east can you go before you're heading west?
0 degrees longitude is the dividing line between the eastern and western hemisphere. This is also the intl date line.
What is the dying room in all quiet on the western front?
It was where patients to far gone injured or diseased with little chance of recovery brought to die.
How far should be between you and the horse in front of you in a line of horses?
the distance between two horses in a line should be one horse length apart, so just imagin another horse between you and the horse in front of you and your good.
How do you calculate how far a warm or cold front will move in a particular time?
Hmmm...you can't! hahaha jk I have no idea :P Sorry!
Which states would you fly over on a straight-line trip from eastern Montana to western Texas?
Depending on your location in each of the two states, you would fly over Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. These three states are on a straight line from far eastern Montana to far western Texas.If you were not flying directly to far western Texas, you might fly over South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma rather than New Mexico.You would fly over Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico.
Was there any safe camps during the holocaust?
They were built intentionally far enough behind the front line so that they would be safe.
How far is from cairns to Perth Australia?
About 6,000 kilometres to drive from Perth, Western Australia to Cairns, Queensland. In a straight line I would estimate it to be about 4,000 kilometres.
