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

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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.

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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 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 I, in chronological order. They are organized as to the opening date of the battle.

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1914

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 Capture of Amara

June

4 Third Battle of Krithia

18 Attempt to Force the Narrows

23 First Battle of the Isonzo

27 Battle of Nasiriyeh

28 Battle of Gully Ravine

July

12 Attack on Ache Baba

18 Second Battle of the Isonzo

August

6 Suvla Bay

6 Battle of Lone Pine

6 Battle of Sari Bair

6 Battle of the Nek

17 Great Retreat (Russian)

21 Battle of Hill 60

21 Battle of Scimitar Hill

September

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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

18 Third Battle of the Isonzo

November

10 Fourth Battle of the Isonzo

22 Battle of Ctesiphon

December

7 Siege of Kut-al-Amara

18 Evacuation of Gallipoli

1916

January

6 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad

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 Asiago

15 Trentino Offensive

31 Battle of Jutland

June

4 Battle of Lutsk

4 Battle of Khanaqin

July

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

1 Battle of the Somme

14 Battle of Bazentin Ridge

15 Battle of Delville Wood

15 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 Maghaba

13 Second Battle of Kut

1917

January

9 Battle of Khadairi Bend

February

26 Battle of Nahr-alKalek

March

11 Capture of Baghdad

13 Samarrah Offensive

19 Seizure of Falluja

25 Battle of Jebel Amlin

26 First Battle of Gaza

April

9 Second Battle of Arras

11 First Battle of Bullecourt

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 also known as "The Battle of the Mud"