This man’s disastrous Plan XVII led to the deaths of nearly 330,000 French soldiers during the Battle of the Frontiers. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this commander of the French armed forces at the beginning of World War I. In spite of his disastrous beginning of World War I, he would later defeat Germany at the First Battle of the Marne.
ANSWER: Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre
[10m] Douglas Haig gained the nickname “the butcher” for causing nearly one million British soldiers’ death during World War I, including during a battle at this location. Gas weapons were first used at this location in Belgium.
ANSWER: Ypres [or Passchendaele]
[10e] Massive casualties throughout the war were partly caused by rampant diseases in these structures. These defensive structures name a kind of warfare used in World War I, where many soldiers would take cover before charging into no man’s land.
ANSWER: trenches
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