Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the east and the Allies to the west. A contested armed frontier during a war is called a "front".
There was also an Eastern Front in both World War I and World War II.
Read more about Western Front: World War I, World War II, Further Reading
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