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 was 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 organised as to the opening date of the battle.

1915

February

3 Defense of the Suez Canal

4 some kind of like battle I'm not sure exactly but you know maybe a magic fish will tell you

7 Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes

19 Dardanelles Bombardment

March

10 Battle of Neuve Chapelle

18 Attempt to Force the Narrows

April

11 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

23 First Battle of the Isonzo

27 Battle of Nasiriyeh

28 Battle of Gully Ravine

July

12 Attack on Achi 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

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 Battle of Loos

28 Kut-al-Amara

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 starts

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

29 Siege of Kut-al-Amara ends

May

15 Battle of Asiago

15 Trentino Offensive

31 Battle of Jutland

June

4 Battle of Lutsk

4 Battle of Khanaqin

July

1 Battle of the Somme

Battle of the Somme
British soldiers going 'over the top' at the start of the Battle of the Somme.
Date 1 July - 18 November 1916 Location The Western Front, near the Somme river. Result Indecisive
Belligerents
United Kingdom British Empire France	German Empire
Casualties and losses
620,000 dead, missing, captured or wounded.	450,000 dead, missing, captured of wounded

14 Battle of Bazentin Ridge

15 Battle of Delville Wood

23 Battle of Pozieres Ridge

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

1. 26 Battle of Nahr-al-Kalek

March

11 Capture of Baghdad

13 Samarrah Offensive

19 Seizure of Falluja

25 Battle of Jebel Hamlin

26 First Battle of Gaza

April

9 Second Battle of Arras

9 Battle of Vimy Ridge

11 Battle of Shiala

16 Second Battle of the Aisne

17 Second Battle of Gaza

21 Battle of Istabulat

30 Battle of the Boot

May

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

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

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

23 Battle of Vittorio Veneto

23 Battle of Sharqat

November

4 Second Battle of the 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.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbattles.htm - supporting information and list of battles.
3. http://uktv.co.uk/history/item/aid/595496
4. Britannica Encyclopaedia - detailed information on many of the more significant battles.