The British Sector of the Western Front 1914-1918 - The Western Front Setup

Western Front

• Outbreak of War in August 1914
• Main Focus for fighting
• German army opened the Western Front by invaiding Luxemburg and Belgium
  • Then gained military control of industrial areas in France
• The tide of the advance was turned with the Battle of Marne

Stalemate

• Following the Race to the Sea:
• Dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches 
  • Stretched from North Sea to Swiss Frontier with France
• It changed very little apart from early 1917 and 1918

Armistice

• 11 November 1918
• To break dead lock they tried new millitary technology:
  • Poison Gas
  • Aircrafts
  • Tanks

Trenches - General

• 2.5m deep
• Impossible to see over the top
• Two…