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Battle of Vimy Ridge
The assault on Vimy Ridge northern part of the battle of Arras on Easter Monday. It was the first occasion that all four divisions of the Canadian corps attacked as a compromise formation. -
Battle of Stalluponen
It was the first action on the Eastern front. Rennenkampf's first army entered East Prussia from the north. General Samsonov's second army invaded from the south. -
Battle of Gumbinnen
It was the first major German offensive on the Eastern front. The battle was against German orders and the sclieffen plan. -
Battle of Tannenberg
Germans took the Russians by surprise with their force of the attack. The Russians try to retreat, but the Germans forces cut their path and a massive slaughter ensued. -
First battle of the Marne
The battle was the culmination of the German advance into France and pursuit of the Allies armies which followed the Battle of the frontiers in August and had reached the eastern outskirts of Paris. It was the first use of radio intercepts. -
Battle of Ypres
Germans opened their Flanders offensive and the Allies steadfastly resisted. It started trench warfare on the Western front. -
Christmas Truce
The German troops singed Christmas carols. The Germans approached the Allied lines across no Men's land. Saying Merry Christmas. The men exchanged presents to each other. -
Second battle of Ypres
The Germans released 168 tons of chlorine gas over the fieldm The German troops were replying on the wind so it can carry the gas towards the enemy lines. The French and Canadians didn't have gas masks so many of them died. -
Battle of Verdun
The battle was to make General Philippe Petain a hero in France. The Germans developed a plan to attack the fortress city of Verdun on the Meuse River in France. -
Battle of Jutland
Germany wanted to destroy the British navy by luring them out of their base and overpower them through numerical superiority. The Germans engaged a total of 100,000 men aboard 250 ships. -
Battle of Somme
The British army attacked north of the Somme with 14 infantry divisions, while France attacked south of the Somme with 5 divisions. In defense Germany army deployed 7 divisions. -
US Entry into WWI
The Germans was attacking the us, so the United States joined in on the war. -
Third battle of Ypres
Allied attackers reached near-exhaustion. German troops to the Eastern front, where the Russian army was foundering. Haig finally called off the offensive claiming victory. It was one of the most costly and offensives of world war I. -
Battle of Caporetto
Since may 1915 there was a large cost which landed a heavy advance of less than 7 miles from their objective, the city of Trieshe.The Italians harden their defensives over the weeks. At the end of the war there was stronger Allied powers. -
2nd Battle of Marne
It started with the last German offensive of the Great war and becoming the Allies first Victorious offensive of 1918. It marked the turning tide in World War I. -
Armistice
It happened at the Forest compiegne in France. It was between France, Great Britain, and Germany. The armistice was not able to end the war. It ended up starting world war II. The armistice blamed it on Germany cause Hitler became in charge.
