WW! battles Flashcards

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Battle of verdun

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longest battle
britian and france vs germany
western front
1916

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Battle of the Somme

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western front
1916

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Battle of the Somme

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western front
1916
britian and france vs germany
douglas haig led the british army
largest, bloodest battle

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battle of jutland

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1916
british navy vs germany’s navy
to break british blockaid
unrestricted subrime warefare to stop resouce

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brusilov offenisve

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1918
spring eastern fornt
last attempt to attack the allied powers

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passchendaele

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1917 western
britian france canada vs germany
began to relies only little territory was gained

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battle of tannenbrug
battle of masurian lakes

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eastern
It was a resounding victory for the German army and proved that they could defeat larger armies through superior tactics and training.

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German spring offenive

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Germany surrenders,
allies “win”

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battle of the marne

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wetsern front
france geremy
ends schlieffen plan changes to defence starts to dig trenches
stops german advance

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Battle of ypres

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second battle 1915
canada, britian, germany
first use of chlorine gas, then gas masks

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