Importance of The Western Front

Paul is fighting on the Western Front during World War I, which stretched across France up to the English Channel. There, combined British, French, and eventually American forces combat the Germans. The Germans had also had an Eastern Front against the Russians, but the October Revolution and the deposing of the Czar led to the Russians withdrawing from the war. This freed up hundreds of thousands of soldiers for Germany to transfer west – and continue the war.

For the majority of the war, the lines along the Western Front remained relatively fixed. Major offensives across dozens of miles of ground rarely produced any serious gains.