HISTORY 3CG3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-12: United States Armed Forces, U-Boat, Hydrophone
2 Nov 2013
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Thought it would be a short war (would be home before fall) Germans put most of troops against france. Assigned limited forces to hold off russians. German armies moved forward all through august. Were about to reach paris by september were having problems: supplies were lagging behind because horses were slow, size of german force made it hard for commander to coordinate them. Allies rushed to paris with a series of counterattacks. Germans decided to pull back to the aisne river. Both sides extended battle line to sea coast. October 1914: trench system was 450 miles long across belgium and france. Germans fail in france but win in prussia. Russians attacked german forces on prussian frontier. Germans already in east prussia defeated russian army at tannenberg and at masurian lakes. Ottoman empire and bulgaria also joined germany and austria-hungary. Four were called central powers and opposition was allies. 1915: italy attacked austria because british and french promised them.
