1. The several loses marked a stalemate situation by the end of 1914.
Western Front
The several loses marked a stalemate situation by the end of 1914.

2. 1915: stalemate
The position in which neither of them could win continued in the Western Front.
Several attempts were made to break the situation, but they all failed.
British at Neuve Chapelle and Loos
French unsuccessful offensive in Champagne
Germans back from Ypres
The use of poison gas affected both sides trenches

3. 1916: Verdun and the Somme The two key battles of 1916
Both failed to achieve their aims and both were horrific in terms of loss of life.
Verdun
It was launched in February.
Germany launched a massive attack.
Somme
It was a series of attacks led by the British
It began in July 1916 and lasted through November.
Its aim was to take the pressure off the French at Verdun
First time tanks were used.

4. 1917: the USA joins the war
During the 1917, the French and the British continued offensive actions, with no major results:
The Battle of Arras
The Battle of the Aisne
The third Battle of Ypres
Only the Battle of Cambrai was a little successful
USA entered the war in 1917 as a result of the attacks on American ships by German submarines
At the end of the year
The French army was recovering
The Bolshevik revolution succeed in Russia
An armistice was signed by Bolsheviks and Germans.

5. 1918: victory for the Allies
Work in groups to determine the events that led to the victory of the Allies.
Homework:
Read pages 45 – 48 up to war in the colonial territories and make an outline of the main ideas of the reading