What was the significance of the First Battle of the Marne?

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aielliot
Aug 1, 2016

The German armies were stopped and the Schlieffen Plan had failed. World War 1 was to be a war of attrition afterward.

Explanation:

The retreat of the Allied Armies in front of the Germans had stopped. The Germans lost the initiative. The race to the sea began as each flanking movement was stopped. Eventually the front stretched from the channel to Switzerland. Everyone began to dig in.

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