France’s triumph shattered Germany’s dreams of a lightning-fast victory, plunging both nations into the unrelenting nightmare of four agonizing years of trench warfare, where every inch of muddy ground was paid for with rivers of blood. Had the Germans been victorious, it is unlikely that the German nation would have had much interest in Hitler's radical plans decades later.

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Marne, France. 5th - 10th September, 1914.
Allied Forces: 1,080,000 Soldiers
German Forces: 750,000 to 900,000 Soldiers

Additional Reading and Research:

• Dupuy, Trevor. A Genius for War.
• Kluck, Alexander. The March on Paris and the Battle of the Marne, 1914.
• Tuchman, Barbara. The Guns of August.
• Herwig, Holger. The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle that Changed the World.
• Blond, Georges. The Marne. 

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