The Western Front - Final Post

From 1914 to 1918, the French, Britain and Germany forces were playing tug of war over French soil. The Germans first used chlorine gas on the opposition durign the second battle of Ypres in 1915. Sixty three percent of the 95,000 casualties were British soldiers. When the gas first appeared it apprehended the French and British troops, allowing Germany to take over Ypres, but fortunately, the Canadians (a British colony) helped them out.

One of the most gruelling battles occurred in 1916, with the Germans attempting to take over city of Verdun and as that happened; the French-British alliance formed an offensive attack which is known as the Battle of Sommes. This pushed the Germans further back however, approximately 615,000 British and French troops suffered casualties.
In March 1917, the German line receded by a further 50 miles, to retreat to what they thought of was an invincible defence, fronted with barbed wire and concrete structures.  It was known as the Hindenburg Line. Later that year, after the British gained land, they reached the infamous Hindenburg Line. The so called ‘invincible’ trench was pummelled by 476 British tanks. With this, the British gained much more land, but it did not sustain and sadly, the German regained the land they lost.

In 1918, the Germans acquired more land – with the further help of Russian troops. They knew the French-British had the aid of the American troops, so the Germans made a final attack in an attempt to win the war. This was unsuccessful and it was only time before the French-British, along with the Americans would attack and win.

This conclusion was correct – on August 8 Germany surrendered and thus concluded the battles on the Western Front.