WW1 battles

Germany and the allies battled THREE times over northern Belgium seaports.  In the second battle, the Germans tested chlorine gas.  

• Ypres

• Gallipoli

• Jutland

The only major naval battle during WWI.  Germany wanted to break the blockade to get supplies. Great Britain took out the German Navy.

• Tannenberg

• Somme

• Jutland

During the first battle, the Germans tried to take Paris (Schlieffen Plan).  The second battle was all about the Germans breaking through the Western Front.

• Tannenberg

• Marne

• Ypres

Russia agreed to help the Allies on the Eastern Front, thus starting a battle with the Germans over Prussia.  The Russians lost.

• Verdun

• Tannenberg

• Gallipoli

The Allies wanted Black Sea access to Russia, so they went to the Ottoman Empire to battle the Turks.  The Allies lost.

• Gallipoli

• Jutland

• Somme

Germany attacked the Allies from all three sides in an effort to inflict as many French deaths as possible.

• Ypres

• Verdun

• Jutland

Allies wanted to steal German supplies to help their comrades in the battle of Verdun.

• Jutland

• Verdun

• Somme