Front (military)

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Northwestern Front in 1914, showing its various sectors
Northwestern Front in 1914, showing its various sectors

A military front or battlefront is a contested armed frontier between opposing forces. This can be a local or tactical front, or it can range to a theater. A typical front was the Western Front which was along the French-German border in World War I.

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