Battles of World War 1

Battle of the Marne

• The German's had planned to conquer France
• The Germans were planning on doing a wheeling movement with its northern wing armies through central Belgium then they would enter France
• This would let them turn towards the English Channel which would allow them to cut off the French retreat
• This would allow the German army to trap the French army and allow them to capture Paris
• This plan had failed because of the advancement of the British Expeditionary Force, which caused the German's to retreat.

Battle of Verdun

• Germans thought the only way they could win was by attacking west
• Decided they were going to attack a French position. Then wait as the French would exhaust all their troops and resources.
• This would cause the French to exit and leave the British alone on the Western Front, which the German's would then attack with their submarine blockade