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Battle of Marne
The Battle of the Marne was a World War I battle fought from 6–10 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German armies in the west.On September 9, the exhausted Germans began a fighting retreat to the Aisne River. -
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Battle of the Masurian lakes
The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes was a German offensive on the Eastern Front during the early part of World War I. It started on 7 September and ended on 14 September 1914. The battle was the second defeat of a Russian army by the Germans -
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The battles of Ypres
The First Battle of Ypres, the last major battle of the first year of World War I, ends the Race to the Sea. The Germans are prevented from reaching Calais and Dunkirk, thus cutting off the British Army’s supply lines. Part of the price paid for the victory is the complete destruction of The Old Contemptibles – the highly experienced and professional British regular army will be replaced by fresh reserves of conscripts. -
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The battle of Tanga
The Battle of Tanga, sometimes also known as the Battle of the Bees.This was the unsuccessful attack by the British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" under Major General A.E. Aitken to capture German East Africa during the First World War in concert with the invasion Force "C" near Longido on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. -
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The second battle of Ypres
During World War I, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from April 22nd – 25th of May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium after the First Battle of Ypres the previous autumn. It was the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front.Germans had started gas warfare. -
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The zimmerwald Conference
The Zimmerwald Conference was held in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from 5th to 8th September 1915. It was the first of three international socialist conferences convened by anti-militarist socialist parties from countries that were originally neutral during World War I.The Zimmerwald a was a important conference in switzerland that helped the socialist. -
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Easter rebellion
The Easter Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland.This also establish an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in the First World War -
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The battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle. Fought by Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.Fighting against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War. -
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Battle of somme
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive. A battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France. Against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France. -
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Battle of Cambrai
The first major tank attack of the war. Big first-day British gains were wiped out by a German counter-attack using stormtroop tactics on November 30.The tanks helped lead to advance warfare. -
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second Marne
A two-phase battle that marked the beginning of the end for German hopes of victory. It began with the last great German offensive of the summer (Operation Friedensturm), an advance from the tip of the Champagne salient formed by Blücher that was designed to establish bridgeheads across the Marne, threaten the capital and cut the Paris- Nancy railway.
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Battle of Vesis
The Battle of Cēsis, fought near Cēsis in June 1919, was a decisive battle in the Estonian War of Independence and the Latvian War of Independence. After heavy fighting an Estonian force moving from the north, supplemented by Latvian units, repelled Baltic German attacks and went on full counter-attack.The Estonian-Latvian victory led to the diminishing significance of the German factor in the Baltic region.