Major Battles of World War I

Battle of Passchendaele - 1917 Battle of Passchendaele - 1917 Battle of Tannenberg – 1914 Battles of Gaza - 1917 Battle of Heligoland Bight - 1914 Second Battle of Aisne - 1917 First Battle of Marne – 1914 Second Battle of Arras - 1917 First Battle of the Masurian Lakes – 1914 Battle of Messines – 1917 First Battle of Aisne – 1914 Battle of Passchendaele - 1917 First Battle of Albert - 1914 Battle of Caporetto - 1917 First Battle of Arras – 1914 Battle of Cambrai - 1917 First Battle of Ypres – 1914 German Spring Offensive - 1918 Gallipoli Campaign – 1915 Hundred Days Offensive - 1918 Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes – 1915 Battle of Passchendaele - 1917 Battles of Isonzo – 1915 Second Battle of Somme - 1918 Loos-Artois Offensive - 1915 Second Battle of Marne - 1918 Battle of Verdun - 1916 Battle of St Mihiel - 1918 Battle of Passchendaele - 1917 Battle of Cambrai - 1917 First Battle of Somme - 1916 Battle of Vittori Veneto - 1918

World War I was the first global conflict of its scale. Many major and significant battles were fought between 1914 and 1918,and most of the major countries of the world were drawn into it. World War I saw the emergence of trends that would rewrite history.Prior to World War, I the use of poison gas was insignificant. Driven by a desperate need to end the frustrating stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front, France, Germany, and other countries resorted to the use of poison gas was as a weapon. Poison gas was used as a lethal tool in the, the, and theWith both the Allied and Central troops digging into trenches, mobility was curtailed on the Western front. An immediate consequence of this was the development of tanks. At first the tanks did seem bulky and serious doubts were raised with regard to their efficacy. The Germans then started to develop anti-tank weapons. Toward the end of World War I, it became clear that tanks would be part of the weaponry of all nations in the years to come. The World War I battles where tanks featured wereandNaval Warfare ranked high on the minds of the countries involved in World War I. The Battle of Jutland was the biggest naval battle of the war. Theand theset the stage for full-fledged naval warfare, as witnessed in World War II.Trench warfare became a characteristic feature of the battles of the Western Front from late 1914 on. Theare some of the important battles fought from the trenches of the Western Front.The major battles of World War I were accompanied with the loss of lives and property.