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Battle of Tannenberg
It was a decisive German victory against the Russian Second Army, resulting in the near annihilation of the Russian force and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. -
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First Battle of the Marne
It was a crucial battle where the French and British armies successfully stopped the German advance on Paris, effectively halting their plans for a quick victory and marking the beginning of trench warfare on the Western Front. -
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Battle of Gallipoli
It was a major military operation during World War I where Allied forces, primarily consisting of British, Australian, and New Zealand troops, attempted to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in Ottoman Turkey, aiming to gain control of the Dardanelles Strait and ultimately knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war. -
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Second Battle of Ypres
It was the first large-scale use of poison gas by the German army against Allied forces, primarily French and Canadian troops, near the Belgian city of Ypres. -
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Battle of Verdun
It was a brutal and prolonged battle near the French city of Verdun, where German forces launched a massive offensive against the French, aiming to wear them down through constant artillery bombardment and infantry attacks, resulting in a devastating stalemate with incredibly high casualties on both sides. -
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Battle of Jutland
It was the largest naval battle of the war, where the British Grand Fleet clashed with the German High Seas Fleet, resulting in a bloody and inconclusive fight where both sides suffered heavy losses, but ultimately, the British maintained control of the seas due to the German fleet's inability to seriously challenge them again. -
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Brusilov Offensive
The Brusilov Offensive was a major military campaign during World War I where the Russian army, led by General Aleksei Brusilov, launched a large-scale attack against the Austro-Hungarian forces in eastern Galicia. -
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Battle of the Somme
It was a devastating battle on the Western Front where British and French forces launched a major offensive against the German army along the Somme River in northern France. -
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Battle of Passchendaele
It was a brutal World War I battle fought in Belgium from July to November 1917, where Allied forces, mainly British, attempted to capture a ridge near the village of Passchendaele against strong German defenses, resulting in a bloody stalemate marked by heavy rain, mud, and immense casualties. -
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Battle of Caporetto
It was a devastating defeat for the Italian army, where a combined force of Austrian and German troops managed to overwhelm and rout Italian soldiers along the Isonzo River in northeastern Italy. -
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Battle of Cambrai
It was a significant military engagement where the British first used a large number of tanks in a coordinated attack. -
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Spring Offensive
It is a series of major attacks launched by the German army in the spring of 1918 during World War I, aiming to decisively defeat the Allies on the Western Front before the large American forces could fully arrive. -
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Second Battle of the Marne
It was the final major German offensive on the Western Front, where they attempted to push through the Marne River valley in France, but were ultimately defeated by a combined Allied force including French, American, and British troops. -
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Battle of Belleau Wood
It was a crucial fight where American Marines successfully stopped a major German offensive near the Marne River in France, preventing them from reaching Paris. -
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Hundred Days Offensive
It was a war which effectively defeated the German army and ended the war on the Western Front; it was a relentless push by Allied forces that pushed the Germans back to their starting positions, leading to their surrender and marking the final major offensive of the war.