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The Serbian Campaign
This battle began with the Austrain shelling of Belgrade, followed by a military invasion of Austria-Hungary into Serbia. The Serbians lost 11,000,000 soldiers and civilians. -
Battle of Tannenberg
The Germans were able to deeat the Russians despite being outnumbered by two Russian field armies. Russias casualties were 170,000 while Germany had only 12,000 -
The First Battle of the Marnes
This battle put an end to the German offensive that went on for a month. The war had now reached the outskirts of Paris. -
The Gallipoli Campaign
The Australian and New Zealand soldies began to see themselves as a seperate and unique country from Britain. In 1915 casualties had mounted and allies decided to open a second front. Winston Churchill and his men attacked the Dardanelles to threaten the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. -
The Battle of Verdun
The French wereable to recapture land that the Germans had tooke from them. Neraly 40 million artillery shells were exchanged during this battle. -
Battle of Somme
In one day the British suffered 60,000 casualties including the death of 19,240; it was the greatest single loss of life in history of the British army. -
Battle of Arras
The Allied forces(British) needed to break the German lines so they formed a plan to assualt the trenches at the town of Arras. -
The Battle of Passchendaele
Mud was a feature from the area, the mud would bring down tanks and even drown men. -
The Spring Offensive
The Germans lost more than 680,000 pushing for an end to the war; most German loses were to storm troopers units. -
Hundred Days Offensive
The result of this battle was a resounding success for the allies who broke the German Army. The loss of the German empire resulted in demanding terms in the peace treaty.