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Perhaps the most spectacular and complete German victory of the First World War. Occured near Allenstein in Eastern Prussia.
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The First Battle of the Marne was conducted between 5-12 September 1914. Named for the Marne River wherein the battle occured. This Battle was in particular to German forces because it was an invasion of the neighboring country France.
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This battle was result of the British and German forces for a push on Menin. The Belgian city of Ypres had been the scene of numerous battles since the sixteenth century. This battle ended at the North Sea coast after each army attempted to outflank the other by moving north and west.
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The Second Battle of Ypres comprised the only major attack launched by the German forces on the Western Front in 1915. Just another great example of trench warfare. also Second Ypres remembered today as marking the first use of gas on the Western Front
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One of the longest wars of World War 1 which lasted until December 15th. The French came out over the German forces in their attempt to capture Verdun. The war began at 07:15 military time.
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One of greatest naval battle of the First World War. To most, it is no surprise that one of the greatest naval battles would include the Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy. The Germans lost one battle cruiser, one pre-Dreadnought, four light cruisers and five destroyers, while the British lost three battle cruisers, four armoured cruisers, and eight destroyers.
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On the first day of the battle 58,000 British troops were killed. United Kingdom, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and South Africa all contributed troops against Germany in this Prime example of Trench Warfare
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A Battle in which many of the usual contenders such as Britain and France were once again fighting Germany. Today the battle is commonly referred to as %u2018Passchendaele%u2019, the tactics employed at the Third Battle of Ypres are as controversial as those executed at the Battle of the Somme a little over a year earlier, and was the final great battle of attrition of the war.
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First time tanks were used in significant force, a little over a year after there creation in this battle. With Approxamately 476 tanks, British Forces only managed roughly 45,000 German Casualties, while suffering 44,207 of their own.
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In this battle, Both sides suffered well over 100,000 casualties (collectively). This time around though, The United States and Italy were sided with Britain and France, obviously, against ther German Empire.
