1) Choose the best answer. Which statement best describes the fighting during the first two years of World War I?

A)German forces defeated the Russians at Tannenberg in the first major battle, then attacked France through Belgium, Luxembourg, and Alsace-Lorraine, but became locked in a stalemate with Allied forces on the Western Front.

B)German forces defeated the Russians at Tannenberg in the first major battle, then crossed
into France through Belgium and Luxembourg and captured Paris, the capital of France.

C)German forces were defeated by the Russians at Tannenberg in the first major battle, then attacked France through Alsace-Lorraine, but were stopped before they could reach Paris.

D)German forces attacked the Russians on the Eastern Front and the French on the Western
Front but became locked in a stalemate on both fronts.