Battles

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    Battle Of Tannenberg (Eastern Front)

    • The Germans had suffered a casualty of just 12,000 out of 150,000 men committed to the war.
    • The length of the Battle had lasted for about a month and 8 days.
    • The countries involved in the battle were Russia and Germany. Towards the end of the Battle were the Germans due to benefiting from the poor Russian coordination and better artillery.
    • Fun Fact: The Russians had to use unencrypted radio transmissions to communicate with others.
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    Battle of Galicia (Eastern Front)

    • Russia had 225,000 men killed and Austria-Hungary had 324,000 men had perished on that day of the battle.
    • The Battle of Galicia had lasted for nine months.
    • The countries involved in the battle were Russia against Austria-Hungary.
    • The Russians had won the Battle of Galicia due to forcing the Austria Hungarians to get out of Galicia in a major offense.
    • Fun Fact: The Battle of Galicia included smaller battles including the battle of Krasnik, Komarow, Gnila.
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    Third Battle of Ypres (Western Front)

    • About 59,000 soldiers had perished during the war.
      The length of the battle had lasted for two months in 1914.
    • The countries that were involved in the Battle of Ypres were the German and the Allies (French, British, Belgian forces).
    • As a result to the fight of the battle, the Germans had won due to preparing to launch the first phase of an offensive aim breaking the Allied lines.
    • Fun Fact: Both sides had settled into the trench warfare that characterized the remainder of the war.
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    Battle of Kolubara (Eastern Front)

    • More than 20,000 soldiers had perished during that battle.
    • The battle's length had lasted for about a month and 12 days.
    • The countries that were involved in this battle were Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Towards the end of the battle Serbia had won due to the thanks of Mišić, they also made Austro-Hungarians run back away home in mess.
    • Fun Fact: Battle of Kolubara continued with Austrians that took Valyevo to forcing the Serbians to retreat.
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    Battle of Bolimow (Eastern Front)

    • About 40,000 soldiers had perished during the battle. The length of the battle had lasted for one day in 1915.
    • The countries that were involved in this battle were Germany and Russia. The Austria-Hungarian Army (Germany) had won the battle due to using a large scale of poison gas.
    • Fun Fact: The first attempt the Germans had used was by using poison gas.
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    Battle of Verdun (Western Front)

    • About 337,000 soldiers during the battle had perished that day.
    • The length of the battle had lasted to 10 months.
    • The countries that were involved in this battle were Germany and France. Towards the end of the battle the French had won against the Germans due to having Britain as an alley.
    • Fun Fact: The Battle of Verdun was the longest of World War I along with being the costliest.
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    Battle of Jutland (Western Front)

    • About 8,000 British and German soldiers had been killed.
    • The length of the battle had lasted for 2 months in 1916.
    • The countries that were involved in this battle were Great Britain and Germany. The British won the battle due to confirming British dominance and having a secure to their control of shipping lanes.
    • Fun Fact: Great Britain and Germany controlled the two most powerful navy in the world at the time.
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    Battle Of The Somme (Western Front)

    • Nearly 20,000 soldiers had died on the first day. The Battles length had lasted for about 4 months in 1916.
    • The countries that were involved in the Battle of The Somme were French, British Dominion Forces and the German Empire.
    • Towards the end of the battle The French had won the battle due to the German condition of air superiority and armored mobility.
    • Fun Fact: The Battle Of The Somme was the first great offensive of World War I for the British.
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    Battle of Caporetto (Western Front)

    • About 10,000 soldiers were killed, 20,000 were wounded.
    • The battle had lasted for 2 months. -The countries that were involved in this battle were Italy and Germany.
    • As in the result to the battle, the Germans due to getting killing the Italians lines along the northern part of Isonzo river.
    • Fun Fact: The weather during the battle was insane and foul. The reason why it called Caporetto was because in Italy it gained a particular resonance to represent that it was a terrible defeat.
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    Battle of Amiens (Eastern Front)

    • About 19,000 soldiers had died during the Battle of Amiens.
    • The length of the Battle had occurred for one month and 3 days.
    • The countries that were involved in this battle were Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
    • As the war ended, the Canadian and Allied troops had won the war due to preparing right to win the battle, by having rolling barrages that lead to a curtain of death.
    • Fun Fact: The Australians were led by Lieutenant General John Monash.