By: Rosa E.

Yareli M.

Sandra M.

Sarahi V.

French troops

Moroccan troops

American

troops(140,000 men)

All of these troops

were fighting against

German troops

The Moroccan

troops were allies of

France who were

located in North

Africa.

These troops

are fighting

from a trench.

France Morocco U.S.A

vs.

Germany

The battle took

place about 80 km

northeast from

Paris, France.

It took place in the

Aisne-Marne Sector.

This battle took

place on July 18,

1918.

The reason as to why they were fighting was

because Erich von Ludendorff (a German leader)

wanted to break through the stalemate between

the allies and the central powers.

Erich von Ludendorff’s plan

made the allied powers

become angry.

Erich von

Ludendorff

In the Battle of

Marne, the Allies

had managed to

stop the German

troops from invading

the Western Front.

General Ludendorff

announced their

defeat on

September 29,

1919.

The German leaders

soon asked for

peace but was

denied the

opportunity because

of their type of

government.

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This led to

the collapse

of their

imperial

government,

and the

creation of

their new

democratic

government.

“Second Battle of Marne”. Web. 25 Jan. 2011.

http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/2marne.htm.

Spielvogel, Jackson J. World History Modern

Times. The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006.