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France and Flanders 1915–18

Western Front
Part of World War I
British wounded Bernafay Wood 19 July 1916.jpg
British wounded at Bernafay Wood during the Battle of the Somme, 19 July 1916.
Date 4 August 1914 – 11 November 1918
(4 years, 3 months and 1 week)
Location Belgium, north-eastern France, Alsace-Lorraine (today France) and western Germany
Result

Decisive Entente victory

Belligerents

Entente Powers:
France France

United Kingdom British Empire

 United States (from 1917)
 Belgium
 Italy (from 1915)
Portugal Portugal (from 1916)
Russian Empire Russian Empire (until 1917)
Thailand Siam (from 1918)

Central Powers:

 German Empire
 Austria-Hungary
Strength
France 7,935,000
United Kingdom 5,399,563
United States 2,200,000
Belgium 267,000
Total: ~16,000,000
German Empire 13,250,000
Casualties and losses

~7,500,000

~5,500,000


Decisive Entente victory

Entente Powers:
France France

United Kingdom British Empire

Central Powers:

~7,500,000

~5,500,000

The Western Front or Western Theatre was the main theatre of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne. Following the Race to the Sea, both sides dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war.


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