Western Front Part of World War I Mark II "female '' tank advancing with Canadian infantry at Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917 Date 4 August 1914 -- 11 November 1918 (4 years, 3 months and 1 week) Location Belgium, north - eastern France, Alsace - Lorraine, western Germany Result Decisive Allied Powers victory Belligerents Allied Powers: France (show) French West Africa French Equatorial Africa French Indochina British Empire (show) Australia Bermuda Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand Southern Rhodesia South Africa United Kingdom Belgium from 1915: (show) Italy from 1916: Portugal Russia from 1917: Siam United States Central Powers: German Empire Austria - Hungary Commanders and leaders Joseph Joffre Robert Nivelle Philippe Pétain Ferdinand Foch John French Douglas Haig Albert I of Belgium others: (show) Arthur Currie Fernando de Abreu Gomes da Costa John J. Pershing Helmuth von Moltke Erich von Falkenhayn Paul von Hindenburg Erich Ludendorff Wilhelm Groener Strength 7,935,000 5,399,563 2,200,000 267,000 55,000 44,292 1,284 13,250,000 Casualties and losses Military casualties: 7,500,000 (show) 4,808,000 2,264,200 286,330 93,100 22,120 20,870 4,542 Civilian dead: 534,500 Military casualties: 5,500,000 (show) 5,490,300 17,300 Civilian dead: 424,000
who fought at the western front in ww1
France France British Empire Belgium Belgium Belgium German Empire Austria - Hungary