Ww1 Impact On Society

The final battles of World War 1 during the late 1910’s along the western front of France, caused much bloodshed between the Germans, and the Allies, which were comprised of the French, British, and some Italian forces, working alongside America. The combined factors of the Allies perseverance through hardships and America's seemingly endless resources, caused the losing Germans to ask for armistice, leading to the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty, signed in the city of Versailles by the world leaders involved in WWI, brought peace to the majority of both sides, and imposed harsh penalties on the Germans, putting Germany in harsh debt for years.

This Website Reflects upon World War I. An extremely impactful contribution to society today.

After the loss of an incredible amount of men, the French's Morale had weakened, which had affected the allies further down the line in the battle of Arras.

From 9 April - 4 May 1917, the battle of Arras was an Allied offense with 8 phases, but the results were minimal gain for the British and heavy casualties for the French. Though each assault was successful overall, many resulted in large amounts of casualties for the allies.

The british Flanders offense from 7 June - 10 November 1917, was successful in pushing the German Front Line back further for the first half, but for the second, the British Army failed to break the German Front line completely near Ypres Salient, and had over 300,000 casualties.

Map Of the Flanders Offensive

This large scale attack called was the first event of a mass tank attack in WWI. This influenced the use of tanks in future wars.

During the early spring and summer of 1918, the German Supreme Command planned to send thousands of troops, large amounts of equipment and hundreds of guns to make series of large-scale surprise offenses/diversions against their enemy’s lines. These were carried out in 5 large phases, and had minimal effects and some losses for the

It started on August eighth in 1918, and ended on August 12. After heavy casualties due to an assault in the spring, the German army was exhausted, and were rapidly losing morale due to loss of supplies and the influenza epidemic. Many German commanders had recognized that they were not going to be the victors of the battles, like Crown Prince Rupprecht, wrote on July 20, a month before the battle. A month later, on August 8, a British offensive captured an Amiens railway line. The battle ended on the 12th of August when the Canadian Corps commander convinced the fourth army commander to stop