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Battle of Stalluponen
Invasion of east Prussia, about 200,000 men entered east Prussia from the north. The Germans won the war against Russia, and there was 13,000 casualties. This battle took place in the eastern front. -
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Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg took place in Tannenberg east Prussia, in the wester front, the Germans won against the Russians, and there were about 250,000 casualties. -
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The first battle of the Marne
Having invaded Belgium and north-eastern France, the German army had reached within 30 miles of Paris. Their progress was very impressive. The French had 250,000 casualties and Germany also had somewhat close to that number. Britain though only had 12,000 and the Germans had lost this battle as their plan failed. Also this was a western front battle. -
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The first battle of Albert
It became clear to both sides that a breakthrough was no longer possible as the French Plan XVII, and German Schlieffen Plan had failed, both sides attempted to outmaneuver each other by going northwards. The British, and the French won this battle against the Germans, the British alone had 57,000 casualties. This battle was a western front -
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The battle of Arras
The French tried to outflank the Germans (the race to the sea) and they failed. The British suffered 150,000 casualties in Arras and the Germans, 100,000. This battle was a western front. -
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The second battle of Ypres
The battle was launched by the German forces on the Western Front in 1915. As a consequence of the failure of this attack the German army gave up to take the town and so they chose to bomb it. The allied troops fled towards Ypres, the heavy gas settling and clogging the trenches. Covering four miles of trench lines, the gas affected 10,000 troops, half died within ten minutes of the gas reaching the front line. The German army had 100,000 casualties, 59,000 British and 10,000 French. -
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The Third Battle of Krithia
There was 6,500 additional casualties, 4,500 British, 2,000 French. Turkish losses were estimated at between 9,000-10,000. This battle was a Gallipoli front, this battle was a series of Allied attacks against the Ottoman defences aimed at capturing the original objectives of 25 April 1915. -
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The battle of Asiago
Conrad told, von Falkenhayn, about a planned attack along the Trentino to knock the Italians out of the war in a single combined blow. Archduke Eugen's Third and Eleventh armies stormed the Italian positions along a 70km front. Italians were pushed back 8km behind Posina in the center of their line by 22 May, and then a further 10km beyond Asiago later. The Austro-Hungarians lost 150,000 men, and Italians lost around 147,000 men, this battle was an Italian front. The Austrians won. -
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The battle of Romani
The Battle of Romani heralded the second notable attempt by Turk forces to seize control of the critical Suez Canal, then in British hands, in August 1916. This battle was a Palestine front. As 1916 dawned the British force, led by Sir Archibald Murray and which included Australian and New Zealand troops, began to move left of the canal towards Palestine. There was 4,000 casualties for the Turks, and 1,100 for the British. The British won this battle. -
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The raid on Zeebrugge
Planned to neutralize the key Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend, used by the German Navy as a base for submarines and light shipping the Raid on Zeebrugge was launched early on of 22 April 1918. The Zeebrugge raid was planned secret followed by 75 ships following the British admiralty. The operation began badly. Two old cruisers, used as blockships, failed to reach the harbor entrance. There was about 500 casualties for the British. This battle was war at sea. The British won.