POLS 10202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frostbite, Breadbasket, Brusilov Offensive
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Stalemate: the marne prelude, germany goes through belgium, wants to hit paris, pushing the french back, the german army began to stretch b. i. French armies were able to plug a gap in the german line and force the german back: german army halted/they failed, long war/ a two- front war, germany cannot shift max. Forces to the east/austria left to defend eastern front largely on its own e. i. Austria will pay dearly for this aka the army got entirely annihilated by december 1914 e. ii. Moltke has a breakdown in the middle of the battle replaced on 14 sept: race to the sea begins f. i. Series of outflanking maneuvers to try and get to paris/avoid germany from getting to. Paris: western front established, 1914 in summary (western front, more people died in 1914 than any other year of the war a. i. Left ah out to dry: front b. i. Burns cities down c. i. 1. a. c. i. 2. c. i. 3: punishing serbia.