What was the Race to the Sea of World War 1?

Answer 1

The Race to the Sea began after the German invasion of France was stopped at the Marne. The Race to the Sea aimed for each side to try to outflank each other ever closer to the English Channel then first expected. Outflanking is of course the term used to describe when a side tries to "outwit" its opponent or out manoeuvre them. The race left the entire Western Front divided by over 400 miles of trenches where the war had ceased in development. The battles in the Race to the Sea made little progress like the battle of Ypres (although big it did little damage). There was more movement on the Eastern front then Western, with few major victories however there was nothing majorly impacting and the war carried on with high causality rates. Attempts to find a route into the opponents territory led to the failed invasion of Gallipoli (were allied forces took a piece of land from the opposite and defended it until it was halted by the Turkish resistance). Other battles occurred too including a conflict on the Italian front, Balkans and Middle East. Overall the Race to the Sea was a series of small battles that took place in order for the oppositions to outflank each other however it was not a success because the battles that were fought within this scheme usually led to large amounts of casualties with little success therefore it was really a big failure.