All of the following developments occurred during the first year of World War I except
a. the Schlieffen Plan almost gave Germany victory in the West.
b. the Western Front became a bloody stalemate involving virtually endless trench warfare.
c. Russia badly defeated the Germans at the Battles of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes.
d. a combined German-Austrian force dealt the Russians a nearly fatal defeat in Galicia.
e. the Serbians were defeated by a combined German-Austrian-Hungarian force.
Answer: c. Russia badly defeated the Germans at the Battles of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes.
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