Need help to make a comment on this discussion Thank You!Military ActionsCompare the military actions of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom during those first ninety days.During the first days of World War I, many Germans experienced a sense of bonding that they hadn’t felt since the founding of the empire. Differences between class, religion, and politics all seemed to disappear as Germans flocked to their city centers to show their full support for the upcoming conflict. Overwhelmingly, the parties, including the Social Democrats, voted for war credits. The euphoria of the early days masked Germany’s dangerous situation. “Since 1894, when the Franco-Russian alliance went into effect, German army leaders faced the unenviable task of simultaneously waging war again enemies that outflanked the empire on opposite fronts.” (Eric Dorn Brose, pg 48).Within the first few days of the outbreak of hostilities between Germany and France, the 7th of August, the French crossed the border into German-occupied Alsace near Thann. Fighting took place on the Rhine plain of Alsace as the French attempted to capture Mulhouse and liberate the province of Alsace from its German occupation since 1871. In the Battle of Mulhouse, which lasted form 8 – 25 August 1914, this important industrial city on the Rhine river was entered and occupied two times by the French during August, but both times the German Seventh Army retook it.The United Kingdom was a leading Allied Power during the WWI, fighting against the Central Powers, especially Germany. Unlike the French and German armies, the British Army was made up exclusively of volunteers at the beginning of the conflict. During The First World War of 1914-1918, the Allied Forces of Belgium, France, Great Britain, the Dominion Forces of the British Empire, Portugal and the United States made a stand against the Imperial German Army’s advance and occupation of Belgium from August 4th 1914 and north-eastern France from August 6th 1914. The British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) comprised four infantry divisions and one cavalry division of the British First Army, which had landed at the French coast from August 16th. The British managed to hold up the Germans, while inflicting heavy casualties by the superior rifle fire from the highly trained British soldiers. With the realization that the small British force was up against a much greater force in terms of German manpower and artillery, the British ordered a retreat from Mons. With orders to maintain contact with the French forces also retreating on their right flank, the British found themselves fighting a rearguard action during their withdrawal and fought the Battle of Le Cateau.Works CitedBrose, Eric D. A History of The Great War: World War One and the International Crisis of the Early Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2010.”France – World War I.” Encyclopdia Britannica, 2019, www.britannica.com/place/France/World-War-I(Links to an external site.).Battles of the Western Front 1914-1918. The Great War 1914-1918. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2021, from http://www.greatwar.co.uk/battles/(Links to an external site.).Encyclopdia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). World War I. Encyclopdia Britannica. Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I(Links to an external site.).Encyclopdia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). World War I. Encyclopdia Britannica. Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/World-War-I(Links to an external site.).Encyclopdia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). World War I. Encyclopdia Britannica. Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/World-War-I(Links to an external site.).How the world went to war in 1914. Imperial War Museums. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-the-world-went-to-war-in-1914(Links to an external site.).HistoryUS History HIS 211
