THE BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I
World War I was a war like no previous and in some ways like no other. Soldiers died by the millions, and the war dragged on with equal ferocity for years. However, perhaps what makes World War I the most unique was its battles. Never before had a war had such a global extent with battles raging in places as distant and different as Africa, the Middle East, the islands on the Pacific, and above all the epicenter of the dispute in continental Europe. In addition, as World War I was an immobile war as offensive technologies largely outpaced defensive technologies, there were many repeat battles such as those at the Marne, Ypres, Isonzo, etc.
Below is a list of major battles: (135)
Eastern Front (8)
Western Front (48)
Gallipoli / Turkish /Ottoman Fronts (24)
Italian Front (18)
Sea Battles (8)
Other (29)
1914: (35 battles)
1915: (35 battles)
1916: (26 battles)
1917: (27 battles)
1918: (12 battles)
World War I was a war like no previous and in some ways like no other. Soldiers died by the millions, and the war dragged on with equal ferocity for years. However, perhaps what makes World War I the most unique was its battles. Never before had a war had such a global extent with battles raging in places as distant and different as Africa, the Middle East, the islands on the Pacific, and above all the epicenter of the dispute in continental Europe. In addition, as World War I was an immobile war as offensive technologies largely outpaced defensive technologies, there were many repeat battles such as those at the Marne, Ypres, Isonzo, etc.
Below is a list of major battles: (135)
Eastern Front (8)
Western Front (48)
Gallipoli / Turkish /Ottoman Fronts (24)
Italian Front (18)
Sea Battles (8)
Other (29)
1914: (35 battles)
- Battle of Liege (August 5, 1914)
- Battle of the Frontiers (August 5, 1914)
- Battle of Mulhouse (August 7, 1914)
- Battle of Haelen (August 12, 1914)
- Invasion of Lorraine (August 14, 1914)
- Battle of Gumbinnen (August 20, 1914)
- Battle of the Ardennes(August 21, 1914)
- Battle of Charleroi (August 21, 1914)
- Siege of Namur (August 21, 1914)
- Battle of Mons(August 23, 1914)
- Capture of Dinant(August 23, 1914)
- Siege of Maubeuge (August 25, 1914)
- Destruction of Louvain (August 25, 1914)
- Battle of Tannenberg (August 26, 1914) CLICK HERE
- Battle of Le Cateau (August 26, 1914)
- Battle of Heligoland Bigh (August 28, 1914)
- Battle of Guise (August 29, 1914)
- First Battle of the Marne (September 6, 1914)
- First Battle of the Masurian Lakes (September 9, 1914)
- First Battle of the Aisne (September 12, 1914)
- Battle of Stalluponen (September 19, 1914)
- First Battle of Albert (September 25, 1914)
- Battle of Sandfontein (September 26, 1914)
- Siege of Antwerp (September 28, 1914)
- First Battle of Arras (October 1, 1914)
- First Battle of Ypres (October 14, 1914)
- Battle of the Yser(October 18, 1914)
- Battle of Coronel (November 1, 1914)
- Battle of Tanga (November 3, 1914)
- Capture of Basra (November 5, 1914)
- Battle of Qurna (December 3, 1914)
- Battle of the Falkland Islands (December 8, 1914)
- Raid on Scarborough and Hartlepool (December 16, 1914)
- Battle of Givenchy (December 18, 1914)
- First Battle of Champagne (December 20, 1914)
1915: (35 battles)
- Battle of Dogger Bank(January 24, 1915)
- Battle of Bolimov (January 31, 1915)
- Defence of the Suez Canal (February 3, 1915)
- Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes (February 7, 1915)
- Initial Dardanelles Bombardment (February 19, 1915)
- Attempt to Force the Narrows (March 18, 1915)
- Battle of Neuve-Chapelle (March 10, 1915)
- Battle of Shaiba (April 11, 1915)
- Second Battle of Ypres (April 22, 1915)
- Landings at Helles & Anzac Cove (April 25, 1915)
- First Battle of Krithia (April 28, 1915)
- Counter-attack at Eski Hissarlik (May 1, 1915)
- Second Battle of Krithia (May 6, 1915)
- Battle of Festubert (May 15, 1915)
- Turkish attack at Anzac Cove (May 19, 1915)
- Capture of Amara (May 31, 1915)
- Third Battle of Krithia (June 4, 1915)
- First Battle of the Isonzo (June 23, 1915)
- Battle of Nasiriyeh (June 27, 1915)
- Battle of Gully Ravine (June 28, 1915)
- Attack on Achi Baba (July 12, 1915)
- Second Battle of the Isonzo (July 18, 1915)
- Landings at Suvla Bay (August 6, 1915)
- Battle of Lone Pine (August 6, 1915)
- Battle of Sari Bair (August 6, 1915)
- Battle of the Nek (August 6, 1915)
- Battle of Hill 60 (August 21, 1915)
- Battle of Scimitar Hill (August 21, 1915)
- Battle of Loos (September 25, 1915)
- Capture of Kut-al-Amara (September 28, 1915)
- Battle of Es Sinn (September 28, 1915)
- Third Battle of the Isonzo (October 18, 1915)
- Battle of Ctesiphon (November 2, 1915)
- Fourth Battle of the Isonzo (November 10, 1915)
- Siege of Kut-al-Amara (December 7, 1915)
1916: (26 battles)
- Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad (January 6, 1916)
- Battle of the Wadi (January 13, 1916)
- Battle of Hanna (January 21, 1916)
- Battle of Dujaila (March 8, 1916)
- Battle of Lake Naroch (March 18, 1916)
- Battle of Lutsk (June 14, 1916)
- Battle of Verdun(February 21, 1916) CLICK HERE
- Fifth Battle of the Isonzo (March 9, 1916)
- Battle of Asiago (May 15, 1916)
- Trentino Offensive (May 15, 1916)
- Battle of Jutland (May 31, 1916) CLICK HERE
- First Battle of Kut (April 5, 1916)
- Battle of Khanaqin (June 1916)
- Battle of the Somme (July 1, 1916) CLICK HERE
- Battle of Bazentin Ridge (July 14, 1916)
- Battle of Delville Wood (July 15, 1916)
- Battle of Pozieres Ridge (July 23, 1916)
- Battle of Romani (August 3, 1916)
- Sixth Battle of the Isonzo (August 6, 1916)
- Battle of Gorizia (August 6, 1916)
- Battle of Guillemont (September 3, 1916)
- Seventh Battle of the Isonzo (September 14, 1916)
- Battle of Flers-Courcelette (September 15, 1916)
- Eighth Battle of the Isonzo (October 10, 1916)
- Ninth Battle of the Isonzo (November 1, 1916)
- Second Battle of Kut (December 13, 1916)
1917: (27 battles)
- Battle of Khadairi (January 9, 1917)
- Battle of Nahr-al-Kalek (February 26, 1917)
- Capture of Baghdad (March 11, 1917)
- Samarrah Offensive (March 13, 1917)
- Seizure of Falluja (March 19, 1917)
- Battle of Jebel Hamlin (March 25, 1917)
- First Battle of Gaza(March 26, 1917)
- Battle of Vimy Ridge (April 9, 1917)
- Battle of Shiala (April 11, 1917)
- Second Battle of the Aisne (April 16, 1917)
- Second Battle of Gaza (April 17, 1917)
- Battle of Istabulat (April 21, 1917)
- Battle of the Boot (April 30, 1917)
- Tenth Battle of the Isonzo (May 12, 1917)
- Battle of Otranto Straits (May 14, 1917)
- Battle of Messines (June 7, 1917)
- Third Battle of Ypres (July 31, 1917)
- Battle of Passchendaele (July 31, 1917)
- Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo (August 19, 1917)
- Battle of Ramadi (September 28, 1917)
- Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo (October 24, 1917)
- Battle of Caporetto (October 24, 1917)
- Third Battle of Gaza (October 31, 1917)
- Battle of Beersheba (October 31, 1917)
- Capture of Tikrit (November 5, 1917)
- Battle of Mughar Ridge (November 13, 1917)
- Battle of Cambrai (November 20, 1917)
- Fall of Jerusalem (December 8, 1917)
1918: (12 battles)
- Raid on Zeebrugge (April 23, 1918)
- Third Battle of the Aisne (May 27, 1918)
- Battle of Cantigny (May 28, 1918)
- Battle of Chateau-Thierry (June 3, 1918)
- Battle of Belleau Wood (June 6, 1918)
- Battle of the Piave River (June 15, 1918)
- Battle of Le Hamel (July 4, 1918)
- Second Battle of the Marne (July 15, 1918)
- Battle of Havrincourt (September 12, 1918)
- Battle of Epehy (September 18, 1918)
- Battle of Vittorio Veneto (October 23, 1918)
- Battle of Sharqat (October 29, 1918)