The First Battle of the Marne

 

The First Battle of the Marne was fought in September 1914, early in World War I. German armies had advanced rapidly toward Paris, but French and British forces counterattacked when the German right wing became overstretched and exposed. The Germans withdrew, and the immediate bid to win the war quickly failed.

This battle mattered because it stopped the German drive on Paris and helped turn the war into a long trench stalemate. The “Miracle on the Marne” became one of the first major signs that the war would not be short or easy.

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