For many year, they were faced each other from trenchers dug in the ground. Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria -hungary and Germany, and World War I had begun. In this war, were used for the first time: trucks, largecaliber cannons, hot air balloons and airplanes.
THE WESTERN FRONT
World War I, the Germans assaulted the heavily fortified city of Liege, using the most powerful weapons in their arsenal to capture the city. The Germans left death and Destruction in their Assasination of Franz Ferdinand.wake as they advanced through belgium toward France, shooting civilians and executing a Belgian priest they had accused of inciting civilian resistance.
THE EASTERN FRONT
Germans and Austro-Hungarians faced to the Russian armies, numerous but poorly equipped and armed. Russian forces invaded the German-held regions of East Prussia and Poland, but were stopped short by German and Austrian forces. Despite that victory, Russia’s assault had forced Germany to move two corps from the Western Front to the Eastern, contributing to the German loss in the Battle of the Marne.