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What is the marne battle?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

The Marne battle was the counter-offensive launched by Britain and France on the Germans attempting to take over Paris. The Marne was only 30 miles out of Paris and successfully defended the core of France from Germany. The Marne was the result of Germany's Schlieffen Plan, which attempted to make Germany move into France and across Europe counting on one thing: speed. This single battle destroyed Europe's hopes of a quick war. The war of movement stopped and was replaced by a new war tactic known as trench warfare, which would make the war much harder to end than anyone could have suspected. Thus, the battle of the Marne was the real beginning of World War I.

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