Analysis of the Part Played by the Land Fronts Other than the Western Front in the Allies' Victory in World War

Analysis of the Part Played by the Land Fronts Other than the Western Front in the Allies' Victory in World War

There were two main alliances in World War One. These were the Triple

Alliance consisting of Italy, Austria Hungry and Germany and the

Triple Entente, which consisted of Britain, France and Russia. This

gave Germany a huge problem as three powerful enemies surrounded them.

In order to try and avoid this Germany made some assumptions and put

forward a plan, the Schlieffen plan. These assumptions were that

Britain would stay neutral, Belgium would not attack, Russia would

take 6 six weeks to get their army ready and France would be easily

defeated. They were wrong in each of these cases.

Germany planned to cut through Belgium and meet the rest of the army

in Paris dispose of France easily and move on to attack Russia. Russia

attack straight away meaning that Germany that to leave a great deal

of men on the eastern front lowering the pressure on the western

front, this shows how the eastern front was important from the outset,

where it was most important to win ground. Belgium did resisted attack

and this meant the two armies could not meet in Paris.

This caused trench warfare and than a stalemate as it was difficult

for any of the to attack and very easy for them to defend. This meant

the other fronts were vital for the allies to win as they will then

have more men for the western front.

The eastern front generally weakened the Germany’s attack on the

western front. Making it easier for the allies to gain ground on the

western front although it was still very difficult to do so.

Russia began to put pressure on the eastern front in the battle of

Tannenberg in August 1914 and two weeks after at the battle of

Masurian lakes.

In 1917 Russia pulled out of the war because of political problems in

their own country to make this official the singed to treaty of

Brest-Litovsk. The German troops from the eastern front were exhausted