A hundred years ago from the 5th September to the 12th September 1914, the first battle of the Marne happened between Germany and Franco-British troops.
Tag: 1914
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First World War : 29th of August 1914
On the 29th of August, the allied powers are unable to stop the German advance on the western front. Some parts of France are already under complete German occupation. Paris, a German target, felt threatened by this advance and the French government made the decision to leave Paris and settle in the city of Bordeaux, in the South.
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First World War : 26th of August 1914
On the 26th of August, the allied troops are retreating in front of the German advance.
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First World War : 22nd of August 1914 the bloodiest day
A hundred years ago, France knew the bloodiest day of its history. Never before or after this day has France lost so many soldiers.
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First World War: 16th of August 1914k
The 16th of August 1914 is an important day in the beginning of the First World War. The totality of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force, has completed its landing in France.
But hundreds of kilometers away from French soil, in the Adriatic sea, an event will mark the start of naval warfare in the First World War. (more…)
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First World War: 14th of August 1914
On the 14th of August 1914, the army of Alsace launched a massive attack on German positions. The 1st and 2nd French armies attacked on the directions of Morhange and Sarrebourg where in a couple of days, massive engagements between France and Germany would occur with almost 900,000 soldiers engaged.
The 14th of August is mostly spent in moving troops, with skirmishes here and there. The German forces were highly outnumbered compared to the French soldiers and several villages were abandoned at the sight of the red pants advance. The cities and towns that fell last week are taken back, Mulhouse and Thann are once again under French control.
At the same time, French planes are bombing a zeppelin hanger in the city of Metz. The second French offensive in the east was on its way.
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A day in 1914 for Henri (a First World War soldier)
This is a fictional story about the life a French soldier during the First World War in 1914. It is based on historical facts, names and places have been changed.