First World War

Question 1

•5-16 August 1914
•First battle of WW1
•Opening engagement of German invasion of Belgium
•Germans capture Liège

Answer 1

Battle of Liège

Question 2

•7-10, 14-26 August 1914
•Opening attack of WW1 by French against German Empire
•Part of Battle of the Frontiers
•Part of French attempt to recover Alsace
•German victory

Answer 2

Battle of Mulhouse

Question 3

12-23 August 1914

Answer 3

Battle of Charleroi

Question 4

21-23 August 1914

Answer 4

Battle of the Ardennes

Question 5

24 August-7 September 1914

Answer 5

Siege of Maubeuge

Question 6

26 August 1914

Answer 6

Battle of Le Cateau

Question 7

29-30 August 1914

Answer 7

Battle of St. Quentin/Battle of Guise

Question 8

5-12 September 1914

Answer 8

First Battle of the Marne

Question 9

13-28 September 1914

Answer 9

First Battle of the Aisne

Question 10

25-29 September 1914

Answer 10

First Battle of Albert

Question 11

28 September-10 October

Answer 11

Siege of Antwerp

Question 12

1-4 October 1914

Answer 12

First Battle of Arras

Question 13

16-31 October 1914

Answer 13

Battle of the Yser

Question 14

19 October-22 November 1914

Answer 14

First Battle of Ypres

Question 15

20 December 1914-17 March 1915

Answer 15

First Battle of Champagne

Question 16

10-13 March 1914

Answer 16

Battle of Neuve Chapelle

Question 17

22 April-25 May 1915

Answer 17

Second Battle of Ypres

Question 18

9 May-18 June 1915

Answer 18

Second Battle of Artois

Question 19

25 September-8 October 1915

Answer 19

Battle of Loos

Question 20

25 September-6 November

Answer 20

Second Battle of Champagne

Question 21

21 February-18 December 1916

Answer 21

Battle of Verdun

Question 22

27-29 April 1916

Answer 22

Battle of Hulluch/Gas attacks at Hulluch

Question 23

1 July-18 November 1916

Answer 23

Battle of the Somme

Question 24

19-20 July 1916

Answer 24

Battle of Fromelles/Attack at Fromelles

Question 25

23 July-3 September 1916

Answer 25

Battle of Pozières

Question 26

9 September 1916

Answer 26

Battle of Ginchy

Question 27

9-12 April 1917

Answer 27

Battle of Vimy Ridge

Question 28

9 April-16 May 1917

Answer 28

Battle of Arras

Question 29

16 April-9 May 1917

Answer 29

Nivelle Offensive

Question 30

16 April-9 May, 24-26 October 1917

Answer 30

Second Battle of the Aisne

Question 31

17-20 April 1917

Answer 31

Battle of the Hills/Third Battle of Champagne

Question 32

7-14 June 1917

Answer 32

Battle of Messines

Question 33

31 July-10 November 1917

Answer 33

Third Battle of Ypres/Battle of Passchendaele

Question 34

23-27 October 1917

Answer 34

Battle of La Malmaison

Question 35

20 November-7 December 1917

Answer 35

Battle of Cambrai

Question 36

21 March-18 July 1918

Answer 36

German Spring Offensive

Question 37

7-29 April 1918

Answer 37

Battle of Lys/Fourth Battle of Ypres/Battle of Estaires

Question 38

27 May-6 Jun 1918

Answer 38

Third Battle of the Aisne

Question 39

28 May 1918

Answer 39

Battle of Cantigny

Question 40

1-26 June 1918

Answer 40

Battle of Belleau Wood

Question 41

15-18 July 1918

Answer 41

Second Battle of the Marne

Question 42

18 July 1918

Answer 42

Battle of Château-Thierry

Question 43

18-22 July 1918

Answer 43

Battles of Soissons

Question 44

8 August-11 November 1918

Answer 44

Hundred Days Offensive

Question 45

8-12 August 1918

Answer 45

Battle of Amiens

Question 46

21 August-3 September 1918

Answer 46

Second Battle of the Somme/Third Battle of the Somme

Question 47

29-30 August 1918

Answer 47

Battle of St. Quentin/Battle of the Guise

Question 48

12-15 September 1918

Answer 48

Battle of Saint-Mihiel

Question 49

18 September 1918

Answer 49

Battle of Épehy

Question 50

26 September-11 November 1918

Answer 50

Meuse-Argonne Offensive/Battle of Argonne Forest

Question 51

29 September-10 October 1918

Answer 51

Battle of the Hindenburg Line/Battle of St. Quentin Canal

Question 52

8-10 October 1918

Answer 52

Battle of Cambrai

Question 53

4 November 1918

Answer 53

Battle of the Sambre/Second Battle of the Sambre