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1、THEFIRSTBATTLEOFTHEMARNEGETTYSBURGHASTINGSMARATHONMIDWAYNORMANDYSARATOGATENOCHTITLANTETOFFENSIVEWATERLOOTHEFIRSTBATTLEOFTHEMARNEEARLERICEJR.CHELSEAHOUSEPUBLISHERSPHILADELPHIACover:ThisphotoshowsGermanshocktroopsabouttoadvanceonthewesternfront.Thistypeofcarefullypla
2、nned,segmentedattackwastypicaloftheGermans,butasthewarprogressedboththeAlliedandCentralPowersbecameextremelywastefulofhumanlife.Frontis:Thismapshowstheprogression,andthestop,oftheGermanadvanceintoFrance.Ontheleft-handside,noticethecurvetotheeastmadebytheGermanFirst
3、Army.ThatmoveallowedtheFrenchandBritishtocounterattackattheBattleoftheMarne.CHELSEAHOUSEPUBLISHERSEDITORINCHIEFSallyCheneyDIRECTOROFPRODUCTIONKimShinnersCREATIVEMANAGERTakeshiTakahashiMANUFACTURINGMANAGERDiannGrasseSTAFFFORTHEFIRSTBATTLEOFTHEMARNEEDITORLeeMarcottPI
4、CTURERESEARCHERPatriciaBurnsPRODUCTIONASSISTANTJaimieWinklerCOVERANDSERIESDESIGNERKeithTregoLAYOUT21stCenturyPublishingandCommunications,Inc.©2002byChelseaHousePublishers,asubsidiaryofHaightsCrossCommunications.Allrightsreserved.PrintedandboundintheUnitedStatesofAm
5、erica.http://www.chelseahouse.comFirstPrinting135798642LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataRice,Earle.TheFirstBattleoftheMarne/EarleRice,Jr.p.cm.—(Battlesthatchangedtheworld)Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-7910-6685-11.Marne,1stBattleofthe
6、,France,1914—Juvenileliterature.2.WorldWar,1914-1918—Juvenileliterature.I.Title.II.Series.D545.M3R532002940.4'21—dc212002001614TABLEOFCONTENTS1AUGUST1914:SABBATHATMONS72OLDRIVALRIESANDNEWALLIANCES:19THEORIGINSOFWORLDWARI3THEOPPOSINGFORCES:THEMEN31ANDMEANSFORMAKINGW
7、AR4THEOPENINGBATTLES:LIÈGE,NAMUR,43ANDTHEFRONTIERSOFFRANCE5THEGREATRETREAT:53GERMANSATTHEGATE6DECISIONATCHÂTILLON:63THEBATTLEBEGINS7MOMENTSOFGLORY:73DECIDINGTHEFATEOFFRANCE8TURNINGPOINT:85THEBATTLEENDS9AFTERTHEBATTLE:THE95MIGHT-HAVE-BEENSOFTHEMARNETIMELINE&CHRONOLO
8、GY104FURTHERREADING107INDEX108August1914:SabbathatMons1Britishsoldiers,called“Tommies,”marchtothefrontlinesofthewarinFrance.Theirsmilessuggestthe