the Marne River
Marne
The Marne River in France. It was about sixty miles from Paris and it was twice the location of a final and successful defensive stand to keep the Germans out of Paris.
In World War 1 (1914-1918) the Oder was of strategic significance at all.
Difficult to say about the strategic bit. Certainly the Marne & the Somme, the Aisne too. Verdun is in the valley of the Meuse. The Isonzo in northern Italy saw much fighting, notably at Caporetto.
It was strategic during the cold war. Located between USSR and the USA put Canada in the middle of two superpowers, very strategic indeed.
Yes, trenches were used as a strategic defense tactic during World War II.
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The German army invaded and occupied Belgium at the beginning of World War 1. Belgium was a neutral country but was seen as a strategic location by Germany for its military advancements.
Latin America was the strategic backyard of the US during the Cold War. The Cold War started after World War II and lasted until 1991.
No, losing control of the Mississippi River was the most major strategic loss of the war.
Because it was the first war where aircraft had a decisive, strategic effect on the course of the war.
Vicksburg's location was strategic because it sat on a 200-foot bluff above the Mississippi River. Capturing Vicksburg would sever the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy from that east of the Mississippi River and open the river to Northern traffic along its entire length.