What is the Western Front?
The Western Front was primarily in France and spread from South West Belgium through France and ending up in South East of France. The Western front was the trench line for British, French and Australian troops. The Western Front was a blood bath for the AIF troops and allied forces. The human cost of this tragedy costed the youngest nation in the war (Australia) to lose 60,000 men and women on the Western front out of the 295,000 that served there. The battle for Somme was to draw the Germans away from attacking the French positions at Verdun. The battle for Somme saw a devastating loss for the British with a total of 57,470 troops who were either seriously injured or dead on the battlefield. In Australia's efforts to support the British in this battle Australia lost a 5000 and it was only to distract the Germans from the main attack.(Robert Darlington, History Alive 9, 2012)(WW1 The Western Front)
When the battle for Somme ended, the Germans had lost a total of 450,000 men, France lost 200,00 and the British lost a total of 420,00 troops. It literally was a blood bath to lose so many lives in one are of the war.
The Germans had trench themselves in the Hindenburg line which was a heavily guarded and was the strong hold for the German's trenches. Some time in April, the Australian troops received orders to attack the Germans in the trenches but succumbed to the German tanks and their rain of fire on the troops but the Australians were also being shot by there allies who had accidentally been misfiring and they were hitting Australian troops and not the intended German tanks. The overall loss of this unforeseen horror sore 80 percent infliction and loss of the British and Australians. But soon later Australia captured a crucial area called Bullecourt. Soon later in the upcoming months of September and October the AIF sore another loss of 38,000 men and women either killed or injured in the third battle of Ypres. But overall both sides sore a tremendous loss of 500,000 troops.(Robert Darlington, History Alive 9, 2012)(WW1 The Western Front)
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When the battle for Somme ended, the Germans had lost a total of 450,000 men, France lost 200,00 and the British lost a total of 420,00 troops. It literally was a blood bath to lose so many lives in one are of the war.
The Germans had trench themselves in the Hindenburg line which was a heavily guarded and was the strong hold for the German's trenches. Some time in April, the Australian troops received orders to attack the Germans in the trenches but succumbed to the German tanks and their rain of fire on the troops but the Australians were also being shot by there allies who had accidentally been misfiring and they were hitting Australian troops and not the intended German tanks. The overall loss of this unforeseen horror sore 80 percent infliction and loss of the British and Australians. But soon later Australia captured a crucial area called Bullecourt. Soon later in the upcoming months of September and October the AIF sore another loss of 38,000 men and women either killed or injured in the third battle of Ypres. But overall both sides sore a tremendous loss of 500,000 troops.(Robert Darlington, History Alive 9, 2012)(WW1 The Western Front)
Image top left :http://www.worldology.com/Europe/images/wwi_1915_trench.jpg