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Show 20 Hilltop Times April 1, 1993 Scope of 'Great War' still intimidates Lacking any other means, leaders launched battles of attrition. German Gen. Erich von Falkenhayn launched by Jim Garamone American Forces Information Service Even from 75 years' distance, the scope of World War I intimidates. The world had never seen such deadly fighting. One out of every 28 Frenchmen of military age died in the war. For Germany, the cost was one out of 52. Historians say a whole generation of European leaders died on the battlefields of France. Attitudes shaped by the war led to World War II. Western politicians felt that anything including the .betrayal of Czechoslovakia to the Nazis in was better than a repeat of the 1938 bloodbath of the "Great War." World War I led to the breakup of three empires: Austria-Hungarthe Ottoman and Russia. The pressure of the war led to revolution in Russia and establishment of the Soviet Union. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the armistice ending the war on Nov. 11, 1918. The United States will honor the veterans of that war this year. World War I pitted the Allies -France, Great Britain, Russia and the United States against Germany, Austria-Hungar- y and the Ottoman Empire. It started in 1914, and all participants believed any European war would be short. The German invasion of France through Belgium and Luxembourg brought Great Britain and its navy and five divisions of soldiers into the war against Germany. Even with these additional forces, Kaiser Wilhelm H's forces almost took Paris. The "Miracle of the Marne" allowed French and British forces to attack the y, American troops charge across a field in France during World War I. German flank and drive back the trenches armed with these weapons could hold off almost any number of enemy. attackers. a settled into The Western Front This led to astounding casualties. defensive battle, yet generals kept Toof a decisive During the Battle of the Somme in engagement. thinking tal mobilization of the countries in- northern France in 1917, there were volved worked against any decisive more than 700,000 casualties. The victory. Allied Commander in Chief Third Battle of Ypres in Belgium in Marshal Ferdinand Foch said the war 1917 killed or wounded almost 500,000 would be won by the side that simply men. In a search for any weapon to break lasted longest. Men could be trained or to replace those killed, wounded the stalemate, both sides used be Materiel could taken prisoner. poisonous gases. When first used in factories. the 1915, gas caused panic and gave the booming replaced by some local breakthroughs. Germans and the machine the gun Tactically, also defense But of against gas was easy to heavy artillery perfection worked against a decisive victory. come by, and wind and humidity affected the weapon's effectiveness. and well-site- d Soldiers in well-du-g . Coupon Coupon Coupon Coupon Coupon o brazier. o O s O o o o o oo Good Only with this Coupon $2.00 Off Any Cake Thru April 30th LAY I UIM rllLLd IVIALL. UIML.T foupon Coupon P RE-ORDE- 546-394- 8 R: O Coupon Coupe War, See Clive Page 21, please. C 1nsrAm, TDS. PC Harolb T. Smith, TtS Jcffemf 1CWoob,t)DS (Family Pentlete) COSMETIC DENTISTRY BLEACHING BONDING NITROUS OXIDE DENTURES CROWNS BRACES 731-55- 28 1845 CowAnds West 4400Souti We Love WelcoMc o anti-submari- U-bo- at Family Dental Center ! rudimentary warfare tactics defeated the threat. The German decision had strategic results also. Unrestricted submarine warfare led directly to the U.S. declaration of war against Germany on April 6, 1917. Roy fiastet 3ce, Cteam Cafees April 7 thru 10 of C Jdd Saie JL . o urazwr. the offensive against Verdun not because it was essential, but because he wanted to "bleed the French white.'-- ' That the offensive also bled his army was a price he was willing to pay. The Germans had to win the war; the Allies simply had to hang on. The Germans had launched a war of aggression and they were deep in French territory. The Allied blockade cut deeply into German warmaking resources. All the Allies really had to do was hold the line and let the Germans batter away at it, but they did no such thing. The Allies, too, adopted the war of attrition and launched offensives that cost them more men than the Germans. Generals launched millions of soldiers, against almost impregnable trenches. Casualties were so high during the Nivelle Offensive of 1917 named after French Gen. Robert Nivelle that the French army actumutinied. ally At sea, the Allies blockaded Germany and German-hel- d ports. 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