In September 1914, German forces pushed deep into France, aiming for a quick victory in World War I. The Allies launched a counteroffensive along the Marne River, halting the German advance just ...

The First Battle of the Marne in 1914 marked a turning point at the very start of World War I. This video explores how French and British forces halted the German advance toward Paris, the strategies ...

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The First Battle of the Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterise World War One. Germany's grand Schlieffen Plan to conquer ...

The German armies that approached the city this time were exhausted from their long, fighting march through Belgium and northern France. And they had left their supply depots far behind -- any lengthy ...

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In September 1914 an important battle was fought that protected Paris and had far reaching repercussions for the first world war, yet few people today know much about the Marne and the important ...

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