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battle of tannenberg
the battle was a major defeat for russia they lost almost their entire army while Germans won -
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first battle of the marne
was a major turning point in the war, as it stopped the German advance on Paris and the Western Front: -
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second battle of ypres
The battle marked the Germans' first use of poison gas as a weapon. Although the gas attack opened a wide hole in the Allied line, the Germans failed to exploit that advantage. -
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battle of gallipoli
The campaign was part of a strategy to defeat the Ottoman Empire by allowing Allied ships to pass through the Dardanelles and capture Constantinople However, the Allies suffered over 220,000 casualties, and the Turks suffered almost as many. -
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battle of verdun
the two armies at Verdun suffered over 700,000 casualties, including some 300,000 killed. The pastoral landscape surrounding the city had been permanently transformed, and nine villages—Beaumont, Bezonvaux, Cumières, Douaumont, Fleury, Haumont, Louvemont, Ornes, and Vaux—were entirely destroyed. -
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battle of jutland
largest naval battle of the First World War, involving 250 ships and around 100,000 men -
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brusilov offensive
In the Brusilov Offensive, the Russians suffered at least 500,000 killed, wounded, or captured. Some sources put Russian losses as high as one million men -
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battle of the somme
a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire -
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spring offensive
a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War -
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battle of passchendaele
The third and longest battle to take place at the Belgian city of Ypres, Passchendaele was ostensibly an Allied victory. -
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battle of caporetto
Caporetto has been described as the greatest defeat in Italian military history. -
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battle of cambrai
The battle resulted in over 12,000 British and Commonwealth casualties, and more than 80,000 servicemen from both sides wounded, missing, or killed. -
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second battle of the marne
The Allies went on the offensive and pushed the Germans back from the Marne to the Vesle River. The Germans remained on the defensive for the remainder of the war. -
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battle of belleau wood
The battle was a key victory for the Allies, and it marked the first major engagement of the U.S. army in World War I. It was also the closest the Germans came to Paris during the war. -
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hundred days offensive
The Hundred Days Offensive was a decisive Allied breakthrough after four years of stalemate. The Allies drew in forces from across the British Empire, including Canada, India, South Africa, and Australia, to fight alongside France, Belgium, and the United States.