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In September 1914, after the Marne and the Aisne, the war hadn't "stopped." It had only changed direction. The French, British, Germans, and Belgians entered a series of maneuvers to flank the enemy from the north—a spiral of rail transfers, improvised clashes, and increasing attrition.

In this video, you'll understand why the so-called "Race to the Sea" didn't end with a decisive blow, but with something that would change the course of the war: a continuous front stretching from the North Sea coast to the Swiss border—the scenario that would pave the way for the era of trench warfare.

What you will see here:

How successive flanking attempts worked (and why they mirrored each other)
The role of army transfers and railway logistics in 1914
Why the North became a meat grinder: clashes, artillery, and attrition
How and why the line "closes" to the Channel/Sea
The major consequence: the birth of the continuous front in the West
Sources and references (no links): British official dispatches; Belgian diplomatic documentary collections published in 1914; digital repositories and collections of documents; academic encyclopedia 1914-1918-online; studies on logistics and official histories (French and German) and specialized bibliography.

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