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Sunday, May 9, 2021

The Western Front

The Western Front 1916-1917 map
Credit: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/western-front-1916-17-map



The Western Front was the main war during the First World War in 1915, invading Luxembourg and Belgium, to gain military control; this war ended in 1918 which symbolised the end of World War 1, the Allies (British Empire, France and the Russian Empire) won. Later, there was a Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on 28 June 1919, brought peace and the war came to an end. This treaty was between Germany and the Allied Powers. 

During 1918 and 1919, the German Revolution occurred and it was a civil conflict in the German Empire at the end of World War 1, which replaced the German federal constitutional monarchy which than later was known as the Weimar Republic.