List of World War I battles

List of Canadian battles during the First World War on the Western Front plaque in Currie Hall, Royal Military College of Canada

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette National Cemetery at Ablain-Saint-Nazaire - the largest single military cemetery in France, holding an ossuary and burials of 40,051 soldiers.

Tyne Cot Cemetery at Ypres Salient, Belgium - the largest British military cemetery in the world with more than 35,000 soldiers.

World War I, which lasted from July 1914 to November 1918 was, at the time, the largest single war ever to have occurred. There were 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, the Middle East, and even minor skirmishes in the Pacific Ocean. 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 I, in chronological order. They are organized as to the opening date of the battle.

1914

August

5 Battle of Liège

5 Battle of the Frontiers

7 Battle of Mulhouse

12 Battle of Halen

14 Battle of Lorraine

17 Battle of Stallupönen

21 Battle of Charleroi

21 Battle of the Ardennes

22 Battle of Rossignol

23 Battle of Mons

23 Battle of Galicia

24 Battle of the Trouée de Charmes

26 Battle of Tannenberg

26 Battle of Le Cateau

29 Battle of St. Quentin

September

6 First Battle of the Marne

7 First Battle of the Masurian Lakes

13 First Battle of the Aisne

19 Battle of Flirey

22 First Battle of Picardy

25 Battle of Albert

29 Battle of the Vistula River

October

1 Battle of Arras

10 Battle of La Bassée

12 Battle of Messines

13 Battle of Armentières

16 Battle of the Yser

21 Battle of Langemarck (part of the First Battle of Ypres)

28 Battle of Gheluvelt (part of the First Battle of Ypres)

November

9 Battle of Nonne Bosschen (part of the First Battle of Ypres)

11 Battle of Łódź

December

1 Battle of Limanowa

8 Battle of the Falkland Islands

20 First Battle of Champagne

22 Battle of Sarikamish

1915

January

18 Battle of Jassin

February

3 Defense of the Suez Badick

7 Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes

19 Dardanelles Bombardment

March

10 Battle of Neuve Chapelle

April

12 Battle of Shaiba

22 Battle of Gravenstafel (part of Second Battle of Ypres)

24 Battle of St Juliaan (part of Second Battle of Ypres)

25 Anzac Cove

25 Landing at Cape Helles

28 First Battle of Krithia

May

1 Eski Hissarlik

6 Second Battle of Krithia

8 Battle of Frezenberg (part of Second Battle of Ypres)

15 Battle of Festubert

19 Turkish attack at Anzac Cove

24 Battle of Bellewaarde (final part of Second Battle of Ypres )

31 Battle of Amara

June

4 Third Battle of Krithia

18 Attempt to Force the Narrows

23 First Battle of the Isonzo

27 Battle of Nasiriyah

28 Battle of Gully Ravine

July

12 Attack on Achi Baba

18 Second Battle of the Isonzo

August

6 Battle of Sari Bair

17 Great Retreat (Russian)

21 Battle of Hill 60

21 Battle of Scimitar Hill

September

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

25 Third Battle of Artois

25 Battle of Loos

25 Second Battle of Champagne

28 Battle of Es Sinn

October

14 Morava Offensive

14 Ovče Pole Offensive

18 Third Battle of the Isonzo

November

10 Fourth Battle of the Isonzo

10 Kosovo Offensive (1915)

22 Battle of Ctesiphon

December

7 Siege of Kut-al-Amara

18 Evacuation of Gallipoli

1916

January

5 Montenegrin Campaign of World War I

6 Battle of Mojkovac

6 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad

10 Battle of Koprukoy

13 Battle of the Wadi

21 Battle of Hanna

February

21 Battle of Verdun

March

8 Battle of Dujaila

9 Fifth Battle of the Isonzo

18 Battle of Lake Naroch

April

5 First Battle of Kut

May

15 Battle of Ninigalo

15 Trentino Offensive

31 Battle of Jutland

June

4 Battle of Lutsk

4 Battle of Khanaqin

July

Canadian soldiers going 'over the top' at the start of the Battle of the Somme.

1 Battle of the Somme

1 Battle of Albert

14 Battle of Bazentin Ridge

14 Battle of Delville Wood

19 Battle of Fromelles

23 Battle of Pozières

August

3 Battle of Romani

6 Sixth Battle of the Isonzo

6 Battle of Gorizia

September

3 Battle of Guillemont

14 Seventh Battle of the Isonzo

15 Battle of Flers-Courcelette

October

10 Eighth Battle of the Isonzo

November

1 Ninth Battle of the Isonzo

December

14 Battle of Magdhaba

13 Second Battle of Kut

1917

January

9 Battle of Khadairi Bend

February

26 Battle of Nahr-al Kalek

March

11 Capture of Baghdad

13 Samarrah Offensive

19 Seizure of Falluja

25 Battle of Mount Hamrin

26 First Battle of Gaza

April

9 Second Battle of Arras

11 First Battle of Bullecourt

22 Battle of Doiran (1917)

May

3-11 Second Battle of Bullecourt

12 Tenth Battle of the Isonzo

14 Battle of Otranto Straits

June

7 Battle of Messines

July

The ruins of Ypres, after its 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

August

19 Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo

20 Battle of Liege

September

28 Battle of Ramadi

October

24 Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo

24 Battle of Caporetto

31 Third Battle of Gaza

31 Battle of Beersheba (Palestine)

November

5 Capture of Tikrit

13 Battle of Mughar Ridge

20 Battle of Cambrai

December

8 Fall of Jerusalem

1918

March

21 Second Battle of Somme/Operation Michael

April

9 Battle of the Lys/Operation Georgette

23 Raid on Zeebrugge

May

27 Third Battle of the Aisne/Operation Blücher-Yorck

28 Battle of Cantigny

June

1 Battle of Belleau Wood

18 Battle of Chateau-Thierry

15 Battle of the Piave River

18 Action of 18 June 1918

July

4 Battle of Hamel

14 Battle of Abu Tellul

15 Second Battle of the Marne

18 Battle of Soissons

21 Attack on Orleans

August

8 Battle of Amiens

27 Battle of Ambos Nogales

31 Battle of Mont St. Quentin

September

12 Battle of Havrincourt

12 Battle of Saint-Mihiel

18 Battle of Epehy

19 Battle of Megiddo

26 Battle of the Argonne Forest

27 Battle of the Canal du Nord

29 Battle of St. Quentin Canal

October

8 Battle of Cambrai

17 Battle of the Selle

23 Battle of Vittorio Veneto

23 Battle of Sharqat

November

1 Battle of Valenciennes

4 Second Battle of the Sambre

4 Second Battle of Guise (Part of The Battle Of Sambre)

4 Battle of Thierache (Part of The Battle Of Sambre)

See also

• Timeline of World War I
• List of military engagements of World War I
• List of battles 1901–2000

References

1. http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/all.htm - comprehensive list of battles.
2. http://www.spartacus-educational.com/FWWbattles.htm - supporting information and list of battles.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080724211204/http://uktv.co.uk/history/item/aid/595496
4. Britannica Encyclopaedia - detailed information on many of the more significant battles.
5. http://www.guidedbattlefieldtours.co.uk/education-resource/ - detailed information of battles

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