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battle of tannenberg
in the battle of tannenberg the germans took out a huge portion of the russian army. this majorly crippled russia. because of the russian invasion of prussia the russian army was split in two. the germans took this advantage and killed 30,000 russians while a measly 12,000 german soldiers. not to mention the 92,000 russian soldiers captured. -
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first battle of the marne
the first battle of the marne was significant. the germans where invading france at a blazing speed. the germans where advancing through belgium and the french frontline, and the marne was the first time the french had held off the germans attack. the germans and french where thought to have each 250,00 casualties; while the british soldiers helping the french had 12,733 casualties. this caused the war on the western front halted and germany could no longer quickly take france and focus on russ -
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Battle of Gallipoli
¨Battle of Gallipoli¨ was actually a campaign launched by the allies against the ottomans. thousands of australian and new zealand solider descended upon a beach in the Gallipoli peninsula after a long and heavy bombardment by some allied behemoths. the allies eventually pulled out of this campaign after an approximate 250,000 casualties on each side. this is considered a military failure for the allies but this failure brought attention to the ottomans from the big 3 of the allies.