Battle of the Marne

Andrew Reimann

• The Battle of the

Marne is the first Major
Battle of WWI. The
Germans, hoping to
end the war quickly,
made the decision to
invade France. The
German forces moved
through Belgium to
avoid the French
defenses. Allied forces
met the German forces
at the Marne river. The
Battle lasted from
The Schlieffen Plan
• Germans feared full
Allied attack
• Alfred von Schlieffen
created a plan
• An Attack using 90% of
German forces
• Helmuth von Moltke
improved plan
• Created in 1905
 Executing the Plan
• 34 divisions to
invade France
• 8 to stop
Russian army
• German
Forces move
through
Belgium
• Avoid French
fortresses
 Through Belgium
• Thought Belgium
would stay away
• Belgium held off
for a few days
• News of Germans
forces reached
France
 Miracle of the Marne
• The most
French army
stationed on
the border
• Soldiers had
to travel to
fight the
Germans
• Used bikes,
taxis, and
trains
 The Start of the Marne
• Joseph Joffre- Commander-in-Chief of France
• Sir John French- British Expeditionary Force
• Both agreed to attack the German Forces
• French 6th Army attack German 1st Army Sept. 6th
 The Battle
• Alexander von Klunk
met the French
• Gap between 1st and
2nd Army
• French 5th and British
forces advanced into
gap
• Germany’s forces are
separated
• Allies held line for
three days
RETREAT
• French almost
lost
• 6,000
reinforcement
s for France
• Helmuth von
Moltke
ordered
retreat
• French and
British army
follow
 Conclusion
• Germany
losses
• The Allie
countries
fight
Germany
• Trench
War Fare
begins
• Start WWI