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British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1914–1918Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1914

Bernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von Furst9 September 1914

River Marne · Warfare / World War, 1st

The French 5th & the BEF move between Bulow & von Kluck forcing Bulows retreat

1918

Paul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg23 March 1918

Warfare / World War, 1st

General rertreat of 1/2 the British Expeditionary Force to the Somme

Erich von Ludendorf1 May 1918

Aisne · Warfare / World War, 1st

Ludendorf orders the Aisne attack to divert the French reserves so that the BEF can be struck again in Flanders

Names involved

Bernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von FurstErich von LudendorfPaul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg

Provenance

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