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Battle of the Marne

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Noun1.Battle of the Marne - a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918Battle of the Marne - a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe


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Society's tolerance for casualties in war has evolved from the public's general acceptance of over five hundred thousand casualties in just five days at the first battle of the Marne at the beginning of the twentieth century to the attitude widely held in the Western world that in the twenty-first century few, if any, young warriors should be required to perish in defense of the republic.
1914: During World War I, the first Battle of the Marne began.
The Second Battle of the Marne moves our understanding of the pivotal World War
 
 
 
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