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Battle of Tannenberg
a major World War I battle that took place between August 26–30, 1914, in what is now northeastern Poland -
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First Battle of the Marne
In saving Paris from capture by pushing the Germans back some 72km (45 miles), the First Battle of the Marne was a great strategic victory, as it enabled the French to continue the war. However, the Germans succeeded in capturing a large part of the industrial north east of France -
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Second Battle of Ypres
second of three costly battles in World War I at Ypres (now Ieper), in western Flanders. The battle marked the Germans' first use of poison gas as a weapon. -
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Battle of Gallipoli
Overall the Gallipoli campaign as unsuccessful for the Allies. But the campaign did help to draw Ottoman troops away from the Caucasus front. Running from the Black Sea to Persia, Russian and Ottoman soldiers were engaged in bitter fighting. -
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Battle of Verdun
an estimated 70 percent were caused by artillery. The Germans launched two million shells during their opening bombardment—more than in any engagement in history to that point -
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Battle of Jutland
the Royal Navy achieved its aim of containing the German naval threat, and deterred German warships from all but minor actions in the North Sea. -
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Battle of the Somme
Allied offensive in World War I. British and French forces launched a frontal attack against an entrenched German army north of the Somme River in France. A weeklong artillery bombardment was followed by a British infantry assault on the still-impregnable German positions.