Western Front
The Western Front was the scene of continuous combat from the start of the war until the last day of the war, November 11, 1918. The fighting on the Western Front was mainly confined to the north-eastern part of France as well as Belgium. Most of France was not fought over, and the Netherlands remained neutral for the entire war.
The Western Front involved the allied powers of France, the British Empire, Belgium, and America fighting against the armed forces of the German Empire.
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