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The First Battle of the Marne took place in September 1914, as German forces advanced through Belgium and northern France, threatening Paris. The French and British armies launched a counterattack along the Marne River, exploiting a gap between the advancing German armies. French troops were rushed to the front, famously including soldiers transported in Parisian taxis, while Allied forces attacked the exposed German flank. Facing the risk of encirclement, German commanders ordered a retreat toward the Aisne River. The Allied victory stopped the German advance, prevented the rapid defeat of France, and helped turn the Western Front into a long trench-war stalemate.
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