First Battle of the Marne | |||||||
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Part of the Western Front of World War I | |||||||
German soldiers (wearing distinctive pickelhaube helmets with cloth covers) on the front line at the First Battle of the Marne. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
France United Kingdom |
Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Joseph Joffre Joseph Gallieni Michel-Joseph Maunoury Louis Franchet d'Espèrey Ferdinand Foch Fernand de Langle de Cary Maurice Sarrail John French |
Helmuth von Moltke Alexander von Kluck Karl von Bülow Max von Hausen Albrecht von Württemberg Crown Prince Wilhelm |
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Units involved | |||||||
Franco-British Armies
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Strength | |||||||
1,080,000[1] 64 French divisions 6 British divisions |
750,000[1]–900,000[2] 51 German divisions |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
250,000 killed or wounded[2] 12,733 killed or wounded[3] |
260,000 killed or wounded 38,000 captured[2] |
First Battle of the Marne | |||||||
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Part of the Western Front of World War I | |||||||
German soldiers (wearing distinctive pickelhaube helmets with cloth covers) on the front line at the First Battle of the Marne. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
France United Kingdom |
Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Joseph Joffre Joseph Gallieni Michel-Joseph Maunoury Louis Franchet d'Espèrey Ferdinand Foch Fernand de Langle de Cary Maurice Sarrail John French |
Helmuth von Moltke Alexander von Kluck Karl von Bülow Max von Hausen Albrecht von Württemberg Crown Prince Wilhelm |
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Units involved | |||||||
Franco-British Armies
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Strength | |||||||
1,080,000[1] 64 French divisions 6 British divisions |
750,000[1]–900,000[2] 51 German divisions |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
250,000 killed or wounded[2] 12,733 killed or wounded[3] |
260,000 killed or wounded 38,000 captured[2] |