The book, The Guns of August, is a story of the first days of World War 1. It was written by Barbara W. Tuchman; it is also a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The book The Guns of August starts out at the funeral procession of King Edward VII of England in 1910. Kings and Nobles from around the world attended the funeral procession. The funeral had many mourners but not everyone there was sad to see the king go. There was one man that was happy to say good bye to the king that man was none other than Emperor William II of Germany. That is because he had earned the position as the ruler of Europe and thought that now that King Edward VII was gone and out of the way that he would finally be able to take steps in proving the entire world that Germany
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The British General Henry Wilson was assigned to arrange the military plan. The plan that he arranged eventually became the official plan of the British government in any case of a war between France, and Germany. Finally an outbreak happened Germany declared war on France. Between August 20 and August 24, there were four great battles going on at the western front. Germany, for the time being, had the upper hand. At their weakest, France began to beg with their ally, Russia, to help them attack. The on August 17, the German army withdrew as the Russian army advanced towards them. The reason why the Germans had to withdraw was because they knew that the further west the Russians went, the more vulnerable they would become. Three days later the Germans began to switch gears into offense. Even though the Russian army was hurt, it was the Germans who were forced to retreat. However the Russians were defeated. On September 5, the French decided to throw a full attack upon the Germans station north of the Marne. The British would not cooperate but the French attacked anyway. The British commander ordered his troops to join the French. The Battle of Marne ended in a German retreat and afterwards, time was on the side of the French, their allies and the Americans who would later join the
The British General Henry Wilson was assigned to arrange the military plan. The plan that he arranged eventually became the official plan of the British government in any case of a war between France, and Germany. Finally an outbreak happened Germany declared war on France. Between August 20 and August 24, there were four great battles going on at the western front. Germany, for the time being, had the upper hand. At their weakest, France began to beg with their ally, Russia, to help them attack. The on August 17, the German army withdrew as the Russian army advanced towards them. The reason why the Germans had to withdraw was because they knew that the further west the Russians went, the more vulnerable they would become. Three days later the Germans began to switch gears into offense. Even though the Russian army was hurt, it was the Germans who were forced to retreat. However the Russians were defeated. On September 5, the French decided to throw a full attack upon the Germans station north of the Marne. The British would not cooperate but the French attacked anyway. The British commander ordered his troops to join the French. The Battle of Marne ended in a German retreat and afterwards, time was on the side of the French, their allies and the Americans who would later join the