HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erich Ludendorff, Central Powers, Saint Petersburg
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Ypres, where at the second battle of ypres in april 1915 germany introduced poison gas. Additional major western battles included verdun and the somme, where british tanks first appeared: the u. s. entered the war on the side of the triple entente in 1917. In 1917 u. s. fresh troops (america had entered the war in april 1917) helped stop the german offensive under general ludendorff at chateau-thierry. 1: the second battle of the marne stopped the german great spring offensive and represented. November 11, 1918 (the 11th day of the 11th month at 11:00 a. m. ) - this day would be forever observed as armistice"s day. In addition to land battles in the west, great britain instituted a naval blockade of germany"s ports, while. War in the east - russia: famous battles in the beginning of the war included tannenburg and masurian lakes in east prussia, where.
