24 min
74.16 War of Attrition on the Western Front 1917 A History of Europe, Key Battles
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While the nations of Europe fought each other to a bitter stalemate, the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, urged both sides to make peace. However, no agreement is made and the United States joined the war on the side of the Entente allies.
In the meantime, the Germans ordered a general withdrawal at the western front, abandoning the battlefields of the Somme in order to establish a shorter, straighter and more well-fortified line, the so-called ‘Hindenburg Line’. The eastern front is more volatile, seeing the collapse of the Russian army, a major defeat for the Italians at Caporetto and the fall of Jerusalem to the British
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Music composed by Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis), courtesy of musopen.org
Picture - Allenby enters Jerusalem 1917
Theme tune for the podcast by Nico Vettese, www.wetalkofdreams.com
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While the nations of Europe fought each other to a bitter stalemate, the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, urged both sides to make peace. However, no agreement is made and the United States joined the war on the side of the Entente allies.
In the meantime, the Germans ordered a general withdrawal at the western front, abandoning the battlefields of the Somme in order to establish a shorter, straighter and more well-fortified line, the so-called ‘Hindenburg Line’. The eastern front is more volatile, seeing the collapse of the Russian army, a major defeat for the Italians at Caporetto and the fall of Jerusalem to the British
www.patreon.com/historyeurope
www.historyeurope.net
Music composed by Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis), courtesy of musopen.org
Picture - Allenby enters Jerusalem 1917
Theme tune for the podcast by Nico Vettese, www.wetalkofdreams.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24 min