The 2nd Battle of the Marne began today in 1918

World War 1 was unimaginably bloody ... on both sides there were nearly a million casualties in both the battles of the Somme and the Marne. Nearly 8 million people died in WWI, including civilians. Up to 1918, there had been nothing like it in history ...

The Turning Point of 1918

All's Quiet on the Western Front