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the Gallipoli campaign was unsuccessful for the Allies; However, the campaign did help to draw Ottoman troops away from the Caucasus front.
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Marked the first large-scale, effective use of tanks in warfare.
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It was notable for being a fast rail movement by the German Eighth Army, enabling them to concentrate against each of the two Russian armies, first delaying the First Army and then destroying the Second before once again turning on the First days later.
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the Germans succeeded in capturing a large part of the industrial northeast of France
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The Taliban term used for the annual restart of fighting after the end of winter during the War in Afghanistan.
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The battle marked the Germans' first use of poison gas as a weapon.
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The Canadians attacked on November 10 and cleared the Germans from the eastern edge of Passchendaele Ridge before the campaign finally ground to a halt.
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800,000 casualties happened in this battle, this was because an estimated 70% were caused by artillery.
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The Royal Navy achieved its aim of containing the German naval threat and deterred German warships from all but minor actions in the North Sea.
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The offensive involved a major Russian attack against the armies of the Central Powers on the Eastern Front.
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The 1916 Somme Offensive was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the First World War.
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This led to the defeat of the German Army
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A combined Austrian and German force routed the Italians along the Isonzo River in northeastern Italy.
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Allied troops attacked the Germans' large Marne salient, taking the Germans by surprise.
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Marked the closest the German scheme to the French capital during the war.