When world was 1 began in august 1914 many people anticipated that the war would end by christmas of that year which event extended the war into 1915 and beyond ?

The event that extended the war into 1915 and beyond was that the French stopped the German advance in the west.  

World War I was an international conflict that in 1914–18 involved most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. In the war the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey fought against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. In the end, the Central Powers were defeated.

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Explanation:

“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).