Western Front key battles

Question 1

First Battle of Ypres (1914)

Answer 1

Managed to hold on to Ypres, so maintained control of English Channel ports.

Question 2

Battle on Hill 60 (1915)

Answer 2

Tunnelled into the hill and exploded five mines, which enabled them to take the hill.

Question 3

Second battle of Ypres (1915)

Answer 3

First time Chlorine Gas is used. Germans are the first.

Question 4

Third Battle of Ypres (1917)

Answer 4

Bad weather, many drowned.

Question 5

The Somme (1916)

Answer 5

First use of Creeping Barrage and tanks.