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    Serbian Campaign

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    The Serbian Campaign was one of the bloodiest events in World War 1. It had a total of 633,500+ casualties. It started in 1914 and ended in late 1915 when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia at the outset of the First World War when they formed the Macedonian Front. Radomir Putnik, a serbian commander, brought the invasion to an early end by his victories.
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    Battle of Tannenburg

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    This battle was a bloody battle,there were 182,000 total casualties. The Battle of Tannenberg was an battle between the Russian and German Empires in the first few days of World War I. It was fought by the First and Second Russian Armies against the German Eighth Army from 26 August to 30 August 1914. The battle ended in the almost complete assassination of the Russian Second Army.
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    First battle of the Marnes

    LinkThe goal of the plan was to defeat France fast before the Russians could fully mobilize their forces. With France taken over,, Germany would be free to focus their attention to the east. Devised previously, the plan was altered slightly in battle fought between 5 and 12 September 1914 by Chief of the General Staff, Helmuth von Moltke, who broke up the critical right wing to reinforce Alsace, Lorraine, and the Eastern Front. It was a bloody battle with a total of 483,000 total casualties.
  • Battle of Ypres

    Battle of Ypres
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    The second battle was on the 22nd of April 1915 it began as a suprise attack by germany, the 4th army in the attack. The Germans used their new weapons. The cause of the war was for separate peace with the country/ the separation of beliefs and things like that.
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    Battle of Gallipoli

    LinkThe Battle began because after the entry of the Ottoman Empire into World War I, First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill constructed a plan for attacking the Dardanelles. Using the ships of the Royal Navy, Churchill believed, partly because of the faulty of intelligence, that the straits could be forced, opening the way for a direct assault on Constantinople. Between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. This was a bloody battle with a total of 473,000 total casualties.
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    Battle of Verdun

    LinkThis battle was in the top 10 bloodiest battles, 976,000 total casualties. The Battle of Verdun was one of the large battles during the First World War on the Western Front. It was fought between the German and French armies, during 21 February – 18 December 1916, on hilly terrain north of the city of Verdun in north-eastern France.Verdun ended in 698,000 battlefield deaths. It was the longest lasting and one of the most shocking battles in the First World War and the history.
  • Battle of Jutland

    Battle of Jutland
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    The british had much more problems than Germans. Britain needed more ships because they needed more things from parts of the world. Britain needed a bigger navy to protect the supplies coming to send them things. Above all, a strong navy was necessary to protect Britain itself from invasion.The Royal Navy had a long tradition of fighting and winning decisive battles. In World War I, the British hoped to meet and destroy the German High Seas Fleet in batt
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    Battle of the Somme

    LinkThis battle was in the top 10 bloodiest battles, 1,219,201 total casualties. The battle of Somme had the British Army, supported by British areas including Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Canada, India and South Africa, and the French Army against the German Army, which occupied areas of France since its invasion of the country in August 1914. The Battle of the Somme was one of the biggest battles of the war; by between 1 July and 18 November 1916 the armies suffered more than 1 million ca
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    Battle of Arras

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    For much of the war, the opposing armies on the Western Front were at a stalemate, with a continuous line of trenches stretching from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. In essence, the Allied objective from early 1915 was to break through the German defences into the open ground beyond and engage the numerically inferior German army in a war of movement. It was one of the bloodiest wars, a total of 278,000 casualties.
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    Battle of Passchendaele

    LinkLinkVideo The Battle was officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres. Passchendaele was known for not only the scale of casualties, but also mud. The battle was Sir Douglas Haig's attempt to break through flanders. The British lost 310,000 men, and the Germans lost 260,000. America had joined the war by the end of Passchendaele.
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    Spring Offensive

    LinkVideo4Video3Video2Video1In the spring of 1918, a large German attack on the Western Fort happened (in attempt from Germany to stop world war one)And then second on July 15th 1918, Luderndorff ordered the last offensive by the German Army in World War One. It was a disaster. The Germans progressed two miles into land held by the Allies but their losses were large. The French Army let the Germans move forward knowing their supply lines were too thinned out. Then the French hit back on the Marne and a massive French count
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    Hundred Days Offensive

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    The Hundred Days offensive was the bloodiest war. There was a total of 1,855,369 casualties. The Hundred days started the 18th of July, 1918 to November 11, 1918. It was the final allied offensive on the Western Front of the First World war. It began with a French counterattack.
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    Battle of Amiens

    LinkVideoThe Battle of Amiens occured from August 8, 1918 to September 3, 1918. It was often viewed as the turning point of Western Front.The battle started after the second battle of the Somme, which was earlier in the year that was dominated by German offensives. The Germans suffered great losses during the Battle of Amiens. 33,000 people were captured by the French and the British, and were prisoners, and thousands were captured for other things. The French lost 20,000 men, the British lost 22,000.