In World War I, two unsuccessful German offensives in northern France. In the
First Battle 69 September 1914, German advance was halted by French and British troops under the overall command of the French general Jospeh Joffre; in the
Second Battle 15 July4 August 1918, the German advance was defeated by British, French, and US troops under the French general Henri Pétain, and German morale crumbled.
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