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Battle of Jutland
This battle unfolded in extensive maneuvering and three main engagements, off the north sea coast of denmark's jutland peninsula. -
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Battle of the Somme
British and french forces launched a frontal attack against an entrenched German army north of the Somme River in France. -
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Battle of verdun
World war engagement where the french repulsed a major german offensive. -
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Battle of Tannenberg
The battle was between Germans and the Russians in East Prussia, which is now part of Poland. -
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First Battle of the Marne
A crucial World War I Engagement, it was a strategic victory, where it enabled the french to continue with the war. although, the germans succeeded in capturing a large part of the industrial north east flag. -
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Battle of caporetto
A military disaster for the italians during WWI, A combined Austrian and german force routed the italians along the isonzo river in northeastern italy. -
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Battle of gallipoli
It was a military operation that took place during World War I from February 1915 to January 1916. it was a battle where the campaign helped to draw ottoman troops away from the caucasus front. -
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Second Battle of Ypres
The battle that marked the germans first use of poison gas as a weapon. -
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Second battle of the Marne
Took the germans by surprise. Three days later the allies crossed the marne, and the germans retreated to their former Aisne vesle lines. -
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Brusilov offensive
Russian resources were running out, and the brusilov offensive reached their limits, it was shut down september 20, 1916. Costing the austro- hungarian army a staggering total of 1.5 million men, and some 25,000 square kilometers of territory. -
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Battle of Passchendaele
The canadians attacked on nov 10, and cleared the germans from the eastern edge of passchendaele Ridge before the campaign finally ground to a halt. -
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Battle of cambrai
The first large scale use of tanks in warfare, and also marked the first effective use of combined arms. -
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Spring offensive
A series of german attacks along the western front during WWI. -
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Battle of belleau wood
Once the small town of Bouresches had been taken, victory was in sight for the Americans and their allies. Belleau Wood was finally cleared of german soldiers. -
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Hundred days of offensive
The offensive was grueling and casualty heavy but it broke the german armys will to fight.