Question: what countries did the western front run through
Answer: Western Front Part of World War I Mark II 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 ( today France ) and western Germany Result Decisive Entente victory Armistice of Compiègne , end of World War I Central Powers ' victory on the Eastern Front nullified , fall of the German Empire Belligerents Entente Powers : France French colonial empire British Empire Australia Bermuda Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand Southern Rhodesia South Africa United Kingdom United States ( from 1917 ) Belgium Italy ( from 1915 ) Portugal ( from 1916 ) Russian Empire ( 1916 -- 17 ) Siam ( fr