POLS 10202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Austria-Hungary, Trench Warfare, Plan Xvii
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Winning and losing: western front, 1914 a. i. Germany on offensive entente on defensive a. i. 1. a. i. 2. Odd numbered years, entente is on the attack a. ii. Plan xvii stopped, france retreats to marne a. iv. Massacre of the innocents (1/4 of a million conscripted soldiers died, untrained) a. v. Entente on offensive germany on defensive b. ii. Noyon salient (bulge in the line) b. iii. 1. b. iii. 2. b. iii. 3. Germany on the offensive entente on defensive c. ii. A battle of who would lose more men. Somme (july to november) c. iii. 1. c. iii. 2. c. iii. 3. c. iii. 4. To take pressure off the french cause of the battle of verdun. Attacks against fortified positions (on well defended) d. ii. 1. a. d. ii. 1. a. i. Petain takes over, but french army is spent. Petain saved them at verdun, so he"s somewhat of a national hero d. iii. Germany on offensive, entente on defensive e. i. 1. e. i. 2. Then entente from july until november/germany surrenders e. ii. Second battle of the marne (july 15 july 17) e. iv.
