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the Russian invasion of East Prussia during the early stages of World War I
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the German invasion of France during World War I
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an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers mainly Britain and France to force their way through the Dardanelles Strait, a narrow waterway leading to Constantinople (now Istanbul), with their navy
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the German military's desire to test a new weapon, chlorine gas, on the Western Front, while simultaneously attempting to distract the Allies from troop movements to the Eastern Front
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primarily instigated by German Chief of Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn
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The Battle of Jutland was primarily caused by the escalating naval arms race between Britain and Germany leading up to World War I, where the German High Seas Fleet
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Brusilov's plan aimed to take some of the pressure off French and British armies in France and the Royal Italian Army along the Isonzo Front and, if possible, to knock Austria-Hungary out of the war
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he Battle of the Somme was preceded by a stalemate in trench warfare on the Western Front, where the Allies decided to launch a major offensive against the Germans along the Somme River in Northern France, with the key factor being a prolonged artillery bombardment intended to destroy German defenses
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But in 1917, after the Arras offensive which had brought such early success for the British, General Sir Douglas Haig planned to launch a major attack in the Ypres Salient
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Caporetto had been selected by the Central Powers as the target for a major offensive because of the weakness of the Italian defence there
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The plan for the battle came about as a result of an idea initially put forward by Lt-Col JFC Fuller, GSO1 of the Tank Corps
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The main reason for the choice was tactical expediency. The ground on this sector of the front would dry out much sooner
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a series of major German offensives known as the "Spring Offensives"
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Germany launched a large attack on the Western Front, pushing close to Paris and reaching the Marne River, ultimately leading to German occupation of Belleau Wood
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a major German spring offensive on the Western Front in 1918