First Battle of the Aisne

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history of World War I

  • World War I
    In World War I: The First Battle of the Marne

    The First Battle of the Aisne marked the real beginning of trench warfare on the Western Front. Both sides were in the process of discovering that, in lieu of frontal assaults for which neither had the manpower readily available, the only alternative was to try to…

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