Hopes on both sides for a quick victroy ended with... The first battle of manasas in Northern Virginia.
The confederates won the battle with the arrival of Jackson's division. However, they did not pursue to Federals to Washington.
The lack of a decisive first battle brought about need for a long drawn out war.
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Following the outbreak of World_War_Iin 1914, the German_Empirearmy opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourgand Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the First_Battle_of_the_Marne. Both sides then dug in along a meandering line of fortified Trench_warfare, stretching from the North_Seato the Switzerlandfrontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war.
Both sides had to introduce conscription - after an interval when both sides had expected an early victory.
All sides had victories and defeats throughout World War 2 but the Allies had the final victory in August 1945
The United States and the Soviet Union were the two countries on opposite sides during the Cold War. The Cold War ended in 1991.
The Battle of Chancellorsville resulted in a Confederate victory, but casualties on both sides were heavy. Also, Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson was mortally wounded in this battle.