effects were felt long after it ended. Its uneasy outcome paved

the way for a second and worse conflict. World War One had

many bloody battles and campaigns, but in this essay I will

discuss which battle was the most important.

Which battle was the most important one in World War

One? The theme of the war was a huge military effort that

involved many battles and about 70 million soldiers, 9 million of

which were killed. It is extremely difficult to decide which

battle is the most important due to these factors. Of the many

important battles, I have chosen to summarize a few and to

choose one as the most important. The first really important

battle was the first battle of the Marne. In this battle the

heavily outnumbered French forces held off the first German

invasion at the Marne River. This battle forced the Germans to

regroup North of the Marne and destroyed the Schlieffen Plan.

The Schlieffen Plan was the German plan of attack. Its

objective was to knock the French out of the war before Russia

would conquer eastern Germany. It unleashed three quarters

of the German army in a giant westward sweep across Belgium

insisted upon holding the city. The French defended Verdun

Tannenberg. Due to an error one army arrived before the

series of bombardments by the allies along the Dardanelles

second phase of the battle was the bombardment of more

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