The Campaign Event has Ended

Tannenberg

Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!

So ends another campaign. It was a closely fought battle, with [b]538,375 Central Powers casualties[/b] to [b]528,779 Entente losses[/b] - a difference of less than 10,000. The Entente came out on top again, but not by a huge margin. In the historical battle there were probably somewhat more losses for the Entente, but the overall outcome of the battle was complicated. Parts of the French army actually made some of the largest advances since trench warfare began in earnest, but nothing close to what General Nivelle described before the battle. He claimed that a breakthrough could be achieved within two days, which absolutely did not happen. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5130566/5096712b70082f517e315df219ddb65dc8ea17ee.jpg[/img][i]A village devastated by fighting during the Second Battle of the Aisne.[/i] The morale impact of this failure, alongside heavy casualties, led to French mutinies and Nivelle's replacement. While the new commander-in-chief General Petain immediately established a more defensive posture and took time to restore morale among his troops, the British continued offensive action for the rest of 1917. Later in the year there were some limited French offensives such as the successful Battle of La Malmaison, which built on ground captured during the Second Battle of the Aisne. [h2]Good luck out there soldiers![/h2]