First Champagne battle
In spite of the degradation of time and the reinforcement of German defenses . The French and the Britanniques launch a general offensive since the the North Sea until Verdun. They think, rightly, that they are in numerical superiority compared to the Germans who dépéché many soldiers since the Front Is. They however underestimate the resistance of the Tranchées and the bravery of the German soldiers.
The majority of the attacks are completed on December 24th, without much success. It is only in Champagne, or the French soldiers have moderately advanced, at the price of important human losses, that the engagements continue all the winter. The first Champagne battle continues in 1915, but elsewhere the engagements cease, and the two camps understand that a fast victory is inconceivable.
The First World War has lasted only for six months and the extent of the human losses is without precedent in the history. Only on the Western face, the French, the Belgians and the British lost more than one million men, including one large majority of French. The Germans count approximately 675.000 killed soldiers, wounded or missing with the combat.
Key events. the truce of Christmas
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