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The War of Movement, 1914 - the battle for the frontiers - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Then the Germans identifed the railway ´s effectiveness and quality from France and Russia to find out how could be the response of the Allies to the attack.
        
        So the Germans will First attack Alsace lorrain headed towards Paris, with other parallel groups of soldiers who will cross Belgium and Luxemburg so they could take Paris and have it encircled to defeat their Economic and Political power easily.
        
        They didn´t take into account France´s use of Aircraft to watch the steps Germans will take.And at the same time Russia invaded eastern Germany
        
        The main powers of the war reinfrced with new tactis in combat such as, deeper Trenches, effective attacks,Engineers constructed more extensive
        defences, and they brought heavy artillery.
        
        When Russia was effectivly invading Germany, the Germans in a desparate desicion applied classic defense tactics to expelRussians, this happened in the Battles of f Tannenberg and the batltle of Masurian Lakes,where the russians were encricled, So Russia steps back to reinforce and organize the army .
- - - - The crucial time was the gap between the end of the bombardment, the detonation of the mines, and the start of the assault.
        
        Elsewhere, little was achieved but heavy losses – 60,000 dead,wounded
        and missing on the first day on the British side.
    - - There was no effective radio communication between the commanders and their forces. Once the attack began, the troops were effectively on their own. If a unit was successful, it could not radio in and bring other units to the key area.
    - - The only successes on the first day of the Battle of the Somme were the diversionary
        attacks to the south.
      - Enemy troops in these areas had not been forewarned by heavy bombardment, so the generals maintained the element of surprise and gained their objectives.