Timeline by Camden Walker

Battle of Mons: August 23, 1914

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-08 16:27:19 UTC

This was the first European clash since 1815, the Battle of Mons takes place in Mons, Belgium, with British Forces numbers to about 75,000 fighting in estimated 150,000 Germans in an attempt to hold the Mons-Conde Canal.

Battle of Tannenberg: August 26-August 30, 1914

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-08 16:35:17 UTC

Germans wanting revenge for the 1410 conflict, the Poles crushed the Teutonic Knights. That victory would be the country’s biggest win against Russia along the Eastern Front.

First Battle of the Marne: September 6-12, 1914

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-08 16:40:33 UTC

The First Battle of the Marne marks an Allied victory, where the French army and British Force stop Germany’s advance into France. With an exhausted and weakened German force, the German First Army faces a counterattack and is forced to retreat to the Lower Aisne River.

First Battle of Ypres: October 19 - November 22, 1914

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-11 16:32:31 UTC

First Battle of Ypres was fought on the Western Front around Ypres, in West Flanders, Belgium.

Battle of Dogger Bank: January 24, 1915

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-11 16:37:28 UTC

The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval engagement between British and German battle cruisers, fought near Dogger Bank in the North Sea.

Battle of Verdun: February 21 - December 18, 1916

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-11 16:42:15 UTC

It was an engagement with the French and the German, being one of the longest, bloodiest, and most-ferocious battles of the war.

Battle of Gallipoli: February 19, 1915, - January 9, 1916

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-11 16:44:06 UTC

An Anglo-French operation against Turkey, intended to force the 38 mile long Dardanelles channel and to occupy Constantinople.

Battle of Jutland: May 31 - June 1, 1916

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-11 16:46:06 UTC

This was the largest sea battle of WWl.

Battle of the Somme: July 1 - November 13, 1916

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-11 16:48:32 UTC

It was a costly and largely unsuccessful allied offensive on the Western Front.

Battles of the Isonzo: June 23, 1915 - October 24, 1917

walkerc8284_2_1 — 2024-03-11 16:50:19 UTC

The Battles of the Isonzo were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies.