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Battle of Liege
historywarsweapons.comThe Battle of Liege was the first land battle of the first world war, The Battle of Liege started of August 5, and ended on August 16.
This battle was the start of the schlieffen plan much to the surprise of the confident german army they sustained heavy losses while the french did not. -
Invasion of Lorraine
historywarsweapons.comThe battle of Lorraine was one of the major objectives of the French pre-war plan. The invasion of Lorraine was important to the french because they lost it to the prussia along with Alsace. -
First Battle of Marne
firstworldwar.comThe First Battle of Marne was taken place between the 6-12 of September. The battle took place right outside of Paris were the French and British (BEF) forces stopped retreating and counterattacked the German forces. The French and British won and pushed back the british 40 miles were the Germans stopped and set up trenches where they would remain for years to come.First Battle of Marne -
The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
historylearning.co.ukfirstworldwar.comThe First Battle of the Masurian Lakes took place from September 9, to September 14. This battle was the second victory for Germany over the Russian army. The Russian army was trying to flank the German army on both sides like a pincer when the germans beat one the other half of the Russian pincer retreated. -
First Battle of Ypres
firsworldwar.comThe First Battle of Ypres took place between oct. 19 to nov. 22. After the battle less than half of the 160,000 British BEF left the battle unscathed. This was only the first of three major battles at Ypres.First Battle of Ypres -
Defense of the Suez Canal
historyofwar.comfistworldwar.comThis battle was feared since the beggining of the war by the british due to if it was captured the British wuold fall. Luckily the only way to get to it was a 300km march accross the dessert. Nevertheless 30,000 indian troops were set to the defense of the canal. -
The Attempt to Force the Dardanelles Narrows
navalhistory.netfirstworldwar.comThe attempt by the allies ended with no success. Not known by the allies if they attacked again they would have taken the narrows because the Turks were critically low on ammo. This led to the Germans being able to resupply the Turks before the next attack five weeks later. -
Battle of Scimitar Hill
gallipoli.comfirstworldwar.comThis battle was the last British offensive on the Gallipoli front until 1916. This battle was also the last ditch effort to break north from Anzac Cave. This attack ended without success. -
The Battle of Verdun
historylearning.co.ukThe Battle of Verdun is considered one of the lengthiest battles in history. The battle took place from Febuary 21, to December 19. The battle was taken on a tiny piece of land called Verdun and their was approximantly 700,000 casualties of this one battle. -
The Battle of the Somme
historylearning.co.ukhistory.comThe Battle of the Somme was fought between july 1, and November 1. The Battle of Somme is arguable the bloodiest battle of ww1 at the end of the battle 1.5 million died. The battle of Somme was forced to relieve the Verdun front but some generals argued that it wouldn't be effective. -
Battle of Romani
worldhistory.about.comfirstworldwar.comThe battle of Romani was the second notable attempt by the Turks to take the Suez Canal. This attack was delayed several times due to the need for the Turks to aquire heavy artillery and anit-aircraft forces. After the long wait the Turks attacked but ended with them losing the battle. -
Capture of Baghdad
greatwar.nlfirstworldwar.comThe capture of Baghdad was a very strategic propaganda victory due to its emphasis. This battle was delayed due to the British waiting for permission to advance. The city was taken without a fight. -
The Battle of the Boot
history.comfirstworldwar.comThe battle of the Boot signaled the end of the March-April Samarrah Offensive. The intent was to take the Turkish railway. But this attack only succeeded in pushing back the Turkish lines of defense. -
The Battle of Cambrai
history.comfirstworldwar.comThe battle of Cambrai was the first time that tanks were used in significant force. The tanks were deemed to have little use in offensive attacks due to malfunctions. The battle ended with nothing gained for either side just deaths and the knowledge that tanks could be used for specialized offensive attacks. -
William Bishop First Dogfight
historynet.comWilliam Bishops first dogfight was not the most succesful. He came out of it with 1 kill. He crash landed luckily into allied territory that they just captured hours before. -
William Bishop's First Decoration
historynet.comOn this day William got into a dogfight and got 2 kills. After the battle william earned the military cross. He also shot down his first balloon. -
William Bishop's best flight of yet
historynet.comThis was one of Bishop's best accomplishments. William shot down 5 planes in 40 min. After this William decided to paint a logo on his plane just like all the other best aces. -
William Bishop solo attack
historynet.comThis was Bishops day off and he decides to go off on a solo raid. The first base he comes to is silent and inactive so he keeps flying. He finally comes accross a active airfeild and attacks after the attack he has got 3 kills. -
William Bishop's best accomplishment
historyner.comThis was Bishop's best accomplishment he shot down 5 planes in 15 min. The first three were scouts he found flying around together and he dived from above to take them out then kept flying and stumbled upon two albatros d. III. This was also his last mission of ww1. -
Second Battle of Marne
history.netThe Second Battle of Marne was to be the Germans last offensice attack of the war. The French set up a fake front lines which tricked the germans into bombarding and gassing nothing but empty trenches. When the Germans got to the real frontlines the allies set upon them with artillery strikes and trapped them and the Germans took heavy losses.Second Battle of Marne
