battlefield team essay

The First Battle of the Marne (German Side)

The First Battle of the Marne was happening between the timeframe of 5^th – 12^th September, 1914, happening in the River Marne. It was suppose to end the war that was happening since the beginning of August.

It all started when Germany had started to invade Belgium on the 3^rd of August and their movement across the Western Front was quick and swift. 

The French and the British strategically thought of the first battle of Marne, and hence managing the German’s rapid movement. Most of the wars on the First World War are caused by Germany, since they had begun to start their invasion so that they could expand their territories. In order to do that, Germany had started to attack neighboring countries.

Germany has been planning a plan called the Schlieffen Plan and thought that this would be the perfect moment to use it. The Schlieffen Plan was to attack France on the Western Front through Belgium first and then later send troops to Russian on Eastern Front because Russia was vase and it would take longer for them to mobilize.  Now as Britain have a long-term agreement with Belgium, they declared war on Germany (London Treaty) which is how the British got involved with the war – by the Triple Entente.

As this battle went on, the Germans had to flee their attacks in defeat and despair as the French and British had begun to outplay their plan. It wasn’t a very promising battle as both sides have dug trenches (from Switzerland to English Channel north of France) and held their ground.

Team Echo did the French-Britain side of this battle.