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Battle of Tannenberg
Russian invaded east Prussia in August the Germans were declared the winner the Russians lost 30k solders and the Germans lost 13k solders 92k Russian solders were taken prisoner and lost 400 pieces of vital war material it was different because of the Germans decisive and rapid victory -
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First Battle of the Marne
Germany aiming to capture Paris by flanking them through the north; this forced the French and British forces to retreat significantly, setting the stage for a counteroffensive at the Marne River where they would attempt to halt the German advance the allies won the Germans succeeded in capturing a large part of the industrial north east of France 250k deaths for french and 298 k Germans and British with 12k prevented a quick German victory and prolonged the conflict significantly -
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Second Battle of Ypres
the German intention to test a new weapon, chlorine gas, against Allied forces, while simultaneously aiming to distract attention from troop movements on the Eastern Front by launching a limited offensive in the Ypres salient the allies were the victors the Allies remained in possession of Ypres but the salient was constricted and valuable high ground had been lost. Casualties among British Empire forces numbered in excess of 55,000. -
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Battle of Gallipoli
The campaign began with a failed naval attack by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Straits the ottoman empire were the victors the Ottoman Empire lost at least 86,000 dead and 164,000 wounded it was a major amphibious operation, fought on a geographically challenging peninsula against a well-prepared defensive force -
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Battle of Verdun
German General Erich von Falkenhayn's edict to elicit major bloodshed from the French defense of the fortress complex around Verdun France was the victor Verdun suffered over 700,000 casualties, including some 300,000 killed one of the longest, bloodiest, and most ferocious battles of World War I. -
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Battle of Jutland
an encounter off the Danish coast between the battlecruiser forces of Vice-Admiral Hipper and Vice-Admiral Beatty, Britain was the winner German naval threat, and deterred German warships from all but minor actions in the North Sea. the largest sea battle of the First World War. -
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Brusilov Offensive
the desperate need to relieve pressure on the French at Verdun the Russians won he Russians suffered at least 500,000 killed, wounded, or capturedt was arguably the most successful offensive in the entirety of the First World War -
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Battle of the Somme
aiming to wear down the French in a battle of attrition,the Germans attacked at Verdun. In order to assist their ally, the British launched their attack on the Somme earlier than planned the allies were the victor Britain would go on to take another 360,000 casualties the French over 200,000 and the Germans over 500,000 the first to be fought by a largely citizen army made up of civilian volunteers rather than professional soldiers -
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Battle of Passchendaele
British General Douglas Haig's desire to disrupt German submarine operations based on the Belgian coast The battle cost the both sides around 260,000 casualties This level of loss undermined the British government's confidence in their generals, which would have consequences in 1918 the allies were the victors not as bloody as the Somme the year before, but would achieve its own notoriety. -
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Battle of Caporetto
poor leadership by the Italian command, and a surprise offensive launched by a combined Austro-German force that exploited weaknesses in the Italian defensive lines around the town of Caporetto, the central powers were the victors more than 600,000 war-weary Italian soldiers either deserted or surrendered stood out from many other World War I battles due to the sheer scale of the Italian defeat -
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Battle of Cambrai
The battle was fought to capture the St Quentin Canal, which was part of the German-held Hindenburg Line the allies were the victor Battle of Cambrai suffered 75,681 casualties, 10,042 killed or died of wounds, 48,702 wounded and 16,987 missing or prisoners of war. Nearly 180 tanks were destroyed he first large-scale use of massed tanks in battle -
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Spring Offensive
the need to decisively defeat the Allies before the full force of the American army could arrive the allies were the victors the German army fatally weakened, demoralized and facing its own imminent and inevitable defeat through an Allied counteroffensive.the British lost 236, 000 men and the French 92, 000, amounting to an Allied total of about 328, 000. Estimated German losses were 348, 000 it marked a temporary return to mobile warfare after years of trench stalemate on the Western Front -
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Battle of Belleau Wood
a major German offensive aimed at reaching Paris, known as the "Spring Offensive, the allies were the winner she adjacent villages of Vaux and Bouresche were also secured by the American forces as the Germans fell back to new positions.American, 9,777 casualties (1,811 killed); German, 9,500 casualties, including 1,600 captured the Battle of Belleau Wood was for the U.S. the biggest battle since Appomattox and the most considerable engagement American troops had ever had with a foreign enemy -
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Second Battle of the Marne
the third major thrust of the great German offensive of 1918. Beginning in late May 1918, the German advance reached the Marne River in early June leaving Paris dangerously exposed the allies won The Allies had taken 29,367 prisoners, 793 guns and 3,000 machine guns and inflicted 168,000 casualties on the Germans unlike many other battles which were characterized by trench warfare, the Second Battle of the Marne saw a significant Allied counteroffensive that shifted the momentum