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it was Germany vs. Russia. Germany won the war. The result was destruction of half of the Russian Second Army, capture of 92,000 prisoners, and death or wounding of 30,000 Russian soldiers. The significance was that it became a symbolic part of Russian and German political and commemorative culture.
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The French and British armies, with some assistance from the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), launched a surprise attack against the German army. The Germans had been advancing quickly toward Paris, following the Schlieffen Plan, with the goal of winning the war in 40 days. The French were able to halt the German advance and both sides dug in, creating the first trenches of World War I.
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The battle was fought in the Ypres Salient, a section of the front line surrounding the town of Ypres, Belgium. The Germans used the battle as a diversion to hide their movement away from the Western Front. They also wanted to test their new weapon, chlorine gas, on a large scale.The Germans were able to create a large gap in the Allied line, but they were unable to take advantage of it.
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April 25, 1915–January 9, 1916, Gallipoli peninsula in Ottoman Türkiye, Allied forces, including the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), as well as troops from Great Britain and Ireland, France, India, and Newfoundland, the outcome was Military defeat for the Allies, but established the military reputation of the Anzacs.
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The battle took place in the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse, in northeastern France. The battle lasted 300 days, making it the longest battle of World War I. The battle resulted in an estimated 800,000 soldiers dead, wounded, or missing, with France suffering about 400,000 casualties and Germany suffering about 350,000.
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The strategic value of the Battle of Jutland became apparent: the Royal Navy achieved its aim of containing the German naval threat, and deterred German warships from all but minor actions in the North Sea.
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The offensive involved a major Russian attack against the armies of the Central Powers on the Eastern Front. Launched on 4 June 1916, it lasted until late September. It took place in eastern Galicia (present-day northwestern Ukraine), in the Lviv and Volyn Oblasts.
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The 1916 Somme offensive was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the First World War (1914-18). The opening day of the attack, 1 July 1916, saw the British Army sustain 57,000 casualties, the bloodiest day in its history.
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The Third Battle of Ypres - also known as Passchendaele - has shaped perceptions of the First World War on the Western Front. Fought between July and November 1917, both sides suffered heavy casualties and endured appalling conditions. The name Passchendaele has become synonymous with mud, blood and futility.
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The Battle of Caporetto was a military disaster for Italy during World War I. In late 1917 a combined Austrian and German force routed the Italians along the Isonzo River in northeastern Italy. In the wake of the battle, more than 600,000 war-weary Italian soldiers either deserted or surrendered.
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What Happened in the Battle of Cambrai? The British forces took their positions under the cover of night on 20 November 1917. The tanks successfully pushed through German defences and took over 7,000 prisoners. However, the offence was halted due to bad weather and a lack of reinforcements.
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The Spring Offensives of 1918 were Germany's last attempt to defeat the British and French armies on the Western Front, and thereby win total victory. Their failure by the mid-summer left the German army fatally weakened, demoralized and facing its own imminent and inevitable defeat through an Allied counteroffensive.
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The second battle of the Marne resulted from the third major thrust of the great German offensive of 1918. Beginning in late May 1918, the German advance reached the Marne River in early June leaving Paris dangerously exposed. On 15 July the Germans launched their final drive towards the French capital.
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the woods were attacked by the Marines a total of six times before they could successfully expel the Germans. They fought off parts of five divisions of Germans, often reduced to using only their bayonets or fists in hand-to-hand combat.
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The Hundred Days Offensive was a series of attacks by the Allied troops at the end of World War I. Starting on August 8, 1918, and ending with the Armistice on November 11, the Offensive led to the defeat of the German Army. By the Summer of 1918, German attacks in the war had halted.