List of World War I battles

Date	1st July - 18 November 1916
Location	The Western Front, near the Somme river.
Result	Indecisive

Battle of the Somme
	; British soldiers going 'over the top' at the start of the Battle of the Somme.
Date	1st July - 18 November 1916
Location	The Western Front, near the Somme river.
Result	Indecisive
Belligerents
United Kingdom; British Empire; France	German Empire
Casualties and losses
620,000 dead, missing, captured or wounded.	450,000 dead, missing, captured of wounded

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Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest British military cemetery in the world.

World War I, which lasted from August 1914 to November 1918, was, at the time, the largest single war ever to have occurred. There was a large number of allies on each side of the conflict, and their geographical location and that of their imperial provinces meant that parts of the war were fought all over Europe, and in other places such as North Africa and the Middle East. A battle is a smaller conflict between two military enemies that often makes up part of a war. This is a list (though not exhaustive) of the battles of world war one, in chronological order. They are organised as to the opening date of the battle.

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[edit] 1914

[edit] August

5 Battle of Liege

5 Battle of the Frontiers

7 Battle of Mulhouse

12 Battle of Haelen

14 Invasion of Lorraine

17 Battle of Stalluponen

20 Battle of Gumbinnen

21 Battle of the Ardennes

21 Battle of Charleroi

21 Siege of Namur

23 Battle of Mons

23 Capture of Dinant

25 Siege of Maubeuge

25 Destruction of Louvain

26 Battle of Le Cateau

26 Battle of Tannenberg

28 Battle of Heligoland Bight

29 Battle of Guise

[edit] September

2 Siege of Tsingtao

6 First Battle of the Marne

9 First Battle of the Masurian Lakes

12 Battle of Bita Paka

12 First Battle of the Aisne

25 First Battle of Albert

25 Battle of Sandfontein

28 Siege of Antwerp

[edit] October

1 First Battle of Arras

14 First Battle of Ypres

18 Battle of the Yser

The Menin Gate, where many of the names of the missing soldiers of the battles of Ypres are recorded.

[edit] November

1 Battle of Coronel

3 Battle of Tanga

5 Capture of Basra

[edit] December

3 Battle of Qurna

8 Battle of the Falkland Islands

16 Raid on Scarborough and Hartlepool

18 Battle of Givenchy

20 First Battle of the Champagne

[edit] 1915

[edit] January

24 Battle of Dogger Bank

31 Battle of Bolimov

[edit] February

3 Defence of the Suez Canal

7 Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes

19 Dardanelles Bombardment

[edit] March

10 Battle of Neuve Chapelle

18 Attempt to Force the Narrows

[edit] April

11 Battle of Shaiba

22 Second Battle of Ypres

25 Anzac Cove

28 First Battle of Krithia

[edit] May

1 Eski Hissarlik

6 Second Battle of Krithia

15 Battle of Festubert

19 Turkish attack at Anzac Cove

31 Capture of Amara

[edit] June

4 Third Battle of Krithia

23 First Battle of the Isonzo

27 Battle of Nasiriyeh

28 Battle of Gully Ravine

[edit] July

12 Attack on Achi Baba

18 Second Battle of the Isonzo

[edit] August

6 Suvla Bay

6 Battle of Lone Pine

6 Battle of Sari Bair

6 Battle of the Nek

21 Battle of Hill 60

21 Battle of Scimitar Hill

[edit] September

Langemarck Cemetery, in Belgium. This is a German war cemetery, comprising of a mass grave and other individual and group graves, as well as a memorial to the German missing of the war.

25 Battle of Loos

28 Kut-al-Amara

28 Battle of Es Sinn

18 Evacuation of Gallipoli

[edit] 1916

[edit] January

6 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad

13 Battle of the Wadi

21 Battle of Hanna

[edit] February

21 Battle of Verdun

[edit] March

8 Battle of Dujaila

9 Fifth Battle of the Isonzo

18 Battle of Lake Naroch

[edit] April

5 First Battle of Kut

29 Siege of Kut-al-Amara ends

[edit] May

15 Battle of Asiago

15 Trentino Offensive

31 Battle of Jutland

[edit] June

4 Battle of Lutsk

4 Battle of Khanaqin

[edit] July

1 Battle of the Somme

14 Battle of Bazentin Ridge

15 Battle of Delville Wood

23 Battle of Pozieres Ridge

[edit] August

3 Battle of Romani

6 Sixth Battle of the Isonzo

6 Battle of Gorizia

[edit] September

3 Battle of Guillemont

14 Seventh Battle of the Isonzo

15 Battle of Flers-Courcelette

[edit] October

10 Eighth Battle of the Isonzo

[edit] November

1 Ninth Battle of the Isonzo

[edit] December

13 Second Battle of Kut

[edit] 1917

[edit] January

9 Battle of Khadairi Bend

[edit] February

26 Battle of Nahr-al-Kalek

[edit] March

11 Capture of Baghdad

13 Samarrah Offensive

19 Seizure of Falluja

25 Battle of Jebel Hamlin

26 First Battle of Gaza

[edit] April

9 Battle of Vimy Ridge

11 Battle of Shiala

16 Second Battle of the Aisne

17 Second Battle of Gaza

21 Battle of Istabulat

30 Battle of the Boot

[edit] May

12 Tenth Battle of the Isonzo

14 Battle of Otranto Straits

[edit] June

7 Battle of Messines

[edit] July

The ruins of Ypres, after it's three battles. The battle of Ypres was also known as the 'Battle of the Bulge,' because of the bulge effect it had on the lines of allied trenches. Due to Ypres' strategic importance, the battles fought over it had huge death tolls.

31 Third Battle of Ypres

31 Battle of Passchendaele