First Battle of the Marne

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World War I battle battle

The First Battle of the Marne was a pivotal 1914 World War I clash in France that halted the German advance toward Paris and ended hopes for a quick German victory on the Western Front.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of the Marne	5
Battle of the Marne (1914)	2
First Marne	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Battle of the Marne ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Marne First Battle of the Marne ⓘ surface form: First Marne
belligerent	French Third Republic ⓘ German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom
casualties	hundreds of thousands killed and wounded on both sides ⓘ
cause	German advance into France following the Schlieffen Plan ⓘ
commander	Alexander von Kluck ⓘ Ferdinand Foch ⓘ Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ John French ⓘ Joseph Joffre ⓘ Karl von Bülow ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
date	September 1914 ⓘ
effect	transition from mobile warfare to entrenched positions ⓘ
endDate	1914-09-12 ⓘ
followedBy	First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early phase of World War I ⓘ
involvedForce	British Expeditionary Force ⓘ French Fifth Army ⓘ German 1st Army ⓘ surface form: German First Army German Second Army ⓘ
location	France ⓘ Marne ⓘ surface form: Marne River
militaryOperation	counter-offensive by French and British forces ⓘ
namedAfter	Marne ⓘ surface form: Marne River
notableFeature	use of Paris taxicabs to transport French troops ⓘ
opponent	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers Central Powers ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ German advance halted ⓘ beginning of trench warfare stalemate on Western Front ⓘ failure of German quick-victory plans on Western Front ⓘ
startDate	1914-09-06 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	ended German hopes for a rapid victory in the west ⓘ forced German retreat to the Aisne River ⓘ led to the so-called Race to the Sea ⓘ prevented capture of Paris by German forces ⓘ
theater	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War I
year	1914 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Battle of the Marne → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

First Battle of the Marne → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Marne

French First Army → engagement → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

French I Corps → engagement → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

European theatre of World War I → hasPart → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

Imperial German Army → notableBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne (1914)

Western Front → notableBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)

World War I → notableBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

French II Corps → notableEngagement → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

Marne → notableFor → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne (1914)

Ferdinand Foch → participatedIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

Second Battle of the Marne → relatedEvent → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

French Army → significantBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne