World War 1 Questions

... Matthew Herrndorf Mr. Howe IB1 History 2/5/2003 World War 1 Questions 1 a) The phrase "Western Front" refers to the fighting zone that existed in France and Flanders. It was the area where most of the British fighting took place as well as the French, and it was by far the most important area for those two countries. After the initial battles in 1914, the Western Front became an area where both sides held an entrenched line that ran from Nieuport, on the Belgian coast through the Somme and Champagne and into the Swiss border. The entrenched line ran approximately 400 miles long, and in the beginning of the war, Britain held about 20 miles, which was later stretched into 120 miles as the war progressed. There were continuous battles that occurred on the western front, and the sentiment that existed was that the best way to defeat the enemy was to "turn the flank"

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