<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Western Front </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of World War I </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Mark II "female" tank advancing with Canadian infantry at Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 4 August 1914--11 November 1918 (4 years, 3 months and 1 week) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Belgium, north - eastern France, Alsace - Lorraine (today France) and western Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Decisive Entente victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Armistice of Compiègne, end of World War I </Li> <Li> Central Powers' victory on the Eastern Front nullified, fall of the German Empire </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Entente Powers: France </P> <Ul> <Li> French colonial empire </Li> </Ul> <P> British Empire </P> <Ul> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Bermuda </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Newfoundland </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> <Li> Southern Rhodesia </Li> <Li> South Africa </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> </Ul> United States (from 1917) Belgium Italy (from 1915) Portugal (from 1916) Russian Empire (1916--17) Siam (from 1918) Brazil (from 1918) </Td> <Td> <P> Central Powers: </P> German Empire Austria - Hungary </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Joseph Joffre </Li> <Li> Robert Nivelle </Li> <Li> Philippe Pétain </Li> <Li> Ferdinand Foch </Li> <Li> John French </Li> <Li> Douglas Haig </Li> <Li> John J. Pershing </Li> <Li> Albert I of Belgium </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Helmuth von Moltke </Li> <Li> Erich von Falkenhayn </Li> <Li> Paul von Hindenburg </Li> <Li> Erich Ludendorff </Li> <Li> Wilhelm Groener </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7,935,000 5,399,563 2,200,000 267,000 Total: ~ 16,000,000 </Td> <Td> 13,250,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> ~ 7,500,000 </P> Breakdown (show) <Ul> <Li> Casualties by country <Ul> <Li> 4,808,000 </Li> <Li> 2,264,200 </Li> <Li> 286,330 </Li> <Li> 93,100 </Li> <Li>: 22,120 </Li> <Li> 20,870 </Li> <Li> 4,542 </Li> <Li> civilian deaths: 534,500 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> ~ 5,500,000 </P> Breakdown (show) <Ul> <Li> Casualties by country <Ul> <Li> 5,490,300 </Li> <Li> 17,300 </Li> <Li> civilian deaths: 424,000 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Western Front </Th> </Tr>

Where did most of the fighting on western front take place