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The Major Battles of WWI A New Kind of War Section 3

BATTLE AT VERDUN The BATTLE AT VERDUN 1916 The French Battle Cry –“They shall not pass”

BOTH SIDES LAUNCHED A MASSIVE OFFENSIVE An 11 month struggle that resulted in more than a half million causalities on both sides.

BATTLE AT THE SOMME RIVER 1916

SOMME

THE SOMME THE SOMME RIVER IS IN FRANCE The Battle of the Somme started on July 1, 1916

THE SOMME It lasted until November 15, More Allied Soldiers died than German soldiers at the Battle of the Somme.

By the end of the Battle of the Somme, the British had suffered 420,000 casualties, the French lost 200,000 soldiers and the Germans lost almost 470,000 soldiers.

60,000 British soldiers died on the first day of the battle alone. This was the worst day of fighting in British history.

SEATS 60,000

BATTLE AT TANNENBURG AUGUST 26-30,1914 TODAY IT WOULD BE POLAND THE SITE WAS ONCE EAST PRUSSIA.

RUSSIAN CASUALTIES 30,000 GERMAN CASUALTIES 13, ,000 RUSSIANS TAKEN PRISONER

BATTLE AT GALLIPOLI ALLIES INVADED THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA. THE TURKISH ARMY PUT UP STRONG RESISTANCE AND THE ALLIES WERE UNABLE TO TAKE THE AREA.

IN JANUARY OF 1916 AFTER 10 MONTHS OF FIGHTING AND MORE THAN 200,000 CASUALTIES THE ALLIES WITHDREW.

AT GALLIPOLI THE ALLIES SENT TROOPS FROM INDIA, BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALND

British Beach in Turkey

Battle of Marne In what began as the last major German offensive of the First World War, the Second Battle of the Marne developed into a significant Allied victory.

The battle took place from July 5, 1918 in the last year of the war