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Europe Plunges into War (The Battle on the Eastern Front ((The Russian…

- - - - Russia looked to its ally France for help. Germany, however, did not even wait for France to react. Two days after declaring war on Russia, They declared war on France
        
        Why did Germany Declare war on France?
        
        They declared war on France because Russia was allied with France so Germany decided to declare war with them as well
        
        By mid August 1914, The battle lines were clearly drawn. On one side were Germany and Austria Hungary. They were known as the Central Powers.
        
        On the other side were Great Britain, France and Russia. Together, they were known as the Allied Powers. Japan joined the allies within weeks. Italy joined later.
        
        In the late of summer of 1914, millions of soldiers marched happily off to battle, convinced that the war would be short.
        
        Invasion
        
        What country had taken over territories that Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire wanted to regain?
        
        Germany
        
        War: Germany declared war on Russia and France.
        
        WW1 Facts: (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history)
- - - - Why might the war on the Eastern Front have been more mobile than that on the western front?
        There was a country separating Germany and Russia in the eastern front. This allowed more land to move and launch military attacks apposed to the western front.
      - The war in the east was a more mobile war than in the west. Slaughter and stalemate were common there.
- - - - No man's land was not safe. It was a chunk of land between trenches that was filled with craters and machine gun fire.
        
        The trenches were still full danger, you would never know when an artillery shell would fall on or next to you.
      - They were filled with rats, there was little to no food, and sleep rarely came.
      - These trenches were incredibly dangerous, all the solder knew in the trenches was mud.
      - by 1915 there were miles of war filled trenches.
    - - 1916 was the year of death. around 300,000 people were killed on each side in one of the battle of Verdun.
        
        By the end of September there was over 500,000 casualties on each side.
      - They hoped to defeat France then Rush to the east and attack Russia.
        
        to do this they needed a quick win against France
      - Time: this all occurred in the early 1900's