List of military engagements of World War I encompasses land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period of time. Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localised to a specific area and over a specific period of time. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the First Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war.

Western Front

The

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comprised the fractious borders between France, Germany, and the neighboring countries. It was infamous for the nature of the fight that developed there; after almost a full year of inconclusive fighting, the front had become a giant trench line stretching from one end of Europe to the other.Cowley and Parker (editors), pp. 521–526 1914 * Battle of Liège Forts liege

The Battle of Liège was the first battle of the war, and could be considered a moral victory for the allies, as the heavily outnumbered Belgians held out against the

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for 12 days. From 5–16 August 1914, the Belgians successfully resisted the numerically superior Germans, and inflicted surprisingly heavy losses on their aggressors. The German Second Army, comprising 320,000 men, crossed into neutral Belgium in keeping to the Schlieffen Plan, with the ultimate goal of attacking France from the north. Liège was key strategically as it held a position at the head of a pass through the

Ardennes The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...

, which made it the best possible route into the heart of Belgium itself. The city was surrounded by a ring of 12 heavily armed forts, garrisoned by 70,000 men under the command of

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. A night attack on 5 August was repulsed with heavy losses to the Germans, to the extreme surprise of the supremely confident German army. The next day, rather than confront the forts in battle, the German commander Erich Ludendorff attacked the city through the back, through a break in the line of fortresses that the Belgians had intended to fortify, but never did so. Although they succeeded in capturing the city, the Germans knew that they could not continue advancing troops into Belgium without first breaking down the forts. Aided by 17-inch

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s, the Germans finally succeeded in bringing down the forts on 16 August. The unprecedented Belgian resistance seriously prolonged the opening German assault at the outbreak of World War I, allowing France and Britain time to organize themselves and a defense of Paris. In addition, it was an important moral victory for the Allies.

Battle of the Frontiers

The early French initiative, to capture territory lost to the Germans in the 1870–1871 Franco-Prussian War, which France started, was played out in a series of frontier battles between the Germans and the French, known collectively as the Battle of the Frontiers. The battles at Mulhouse, Lorraine,

the Ardennes The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

, and

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were launched more or less simultaneously, and marked the collision of the German and French war plans, the Schlieffen Plan and Plan XVII, respectively. * Battle of Mülhausen The Battle of Mülhausen was the opening attack by the

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against the Germans. The battle was part of a French attempt to conquer the province of Alsace, which had been lost as a consequence of having lost the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, as it had a majority of ethnic Germans. A French force under General

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detached from the French First Corps and invaded the frontier on August 8, 1914. Opposing them was the German 7th Division. The capture of the area, preordained by the French Plan XVII, was to boost national pride—and to provide a guard force for the flank of subsequent invasions. The French quickly captured the border town of Altkirch with a bayonet charge. Bonneau, suspicious of the little German resistance, was wary of a carefully planned German trap. However, under orders the next day he advanced to Mülhausen, capturing it with little effort, for the Germans had already abandoned it. In France, the conquering of the German city Mülhausen, without a fight, was celebrated greatly. However, with the arrival of German reserves from Straßburg, the tides were turned, and the Germans mounted a counter-attack on nearby Cernay. Unable to mount an all-encompassing defense, and unable to call on reserves of his own, Bonneau began a slow withdrawal from the region. Support troops hastily sent by the French commander-in-chief Joseph Joffre arrived too late to prevent Bonneau from retiring. Joffre was immensely angry with Bonneau, charging him with a "lack of aggression" and immediately relieving him of command. Realizing the psychological magnitude of the loss, he assembled a force, led by Paul Pau, which tried unsuccessfully to recapture the province. * Battle of Lothringen French heavy cavalry Paris August 1914

The invasion and recapture of Lorraine formed one of the major parts of the French pre-war strategy, Plan XVII. The loss of Lorraine (and Alsace; see above) to the Prussians in the 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War was seen as a national humiliation by the public and military alike, and was at the forefront of their minds for the next war against the Germans. The battle was initiated by the French First and

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armies. The First, led by General Auguste Dubail, intended to take Sarrebourg, whilst the Second, led by General Noel de Castelnau, intended to take Morhange. Both towns were well fortified, and the task of defending them fell to Crown Prince Rupprecht, who had overall control of the German Sixth and Seventh armies. Rupprecht adopted a strategy in which he would fall back under the French attacks, then counter-attack once he lured the French all the way to his fortifications. As the French army advanced, it met stern resistance in the form of German artillery and machine-gun fire. Army Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke authorized a more aggressive tactic soon after, and on August 20, the German army started to roll back the French. Caught by surprise and without the assistance of entrenched positions, the Second Army was pushed back quickly, eventually into France itself. A gap was exposed between the forces in Mulhouse and those in Lorraine; the forces in Mulhouse were withdrawn to keep the gap from being taken advantage of by the Germans. Diverging from the Schlieffen Plan, Rupprecht received reinforcements and attacked the French line near the Trouée de Charmes; however, through the use of

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, the French spotted the German buildup, and were able to build an adequate defence. Thus the German gains were minimized, and were eradicated by a following French counter-assault on the 25th. Fighting continued there until the end of August, and quickly ground into a stalemate and trench warfare. * Battle of the Ardennes The

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, fought between 21 and 23 August 1914, was another of the early frontier battles, conducted during the first month of the war. The battle was sparked by the mutual collision of French and German invasion forces in the lower Ardennes Forest. The pre-war French strategy expected German forces in the area to be light, and the French light, rapid firing artillery was expected to convey an advantage in forested terrain over the bigger German guns. Instead, it became increasingly apparent to all of the commanders in the region that a significant enemy presence was gathering, for the Germans had planned an offensive through the area. The sets of armies joined battle on both sides. General Pierre Ruffey's Third Army to the south and Fernand de Langle de Cary's Fourth Army to the north, fighting Germany's Fourth, led by Duke Albrecht, and Fifth army, led by Crown Prince Wilhelm. The German troops started moving through the forest on 19 August. Conditions worsened, and by the time the two armies met, the forest was covered in a deep fog, resulting in the two forces stumbling into one another. At first, the French took the Germans as a light screening force; however, in reality the French were heavily outnumbered. The first day of the battle consisted of light skirmishes; the main battle did not begin until 21 August. According to the pre-war French strategy document, Plan XVII, German forces in the area were only expected to be light, with French light, rapid-firing artillery proving advantageous in a wooded terrain such as that found in the Ardennes. However, what emerged was totally opposite; the French eagerly charged at German positions in the woods, and were mowed down by machine-gun fire. The French armies retreated hurriedly in the face of superior German tactical positioning, and the Germans chased them all the way back into the French border. In addition to losing a key strategic position, the French forfeited iron resources in the region as well. *

Battle of Charleroi The Battle of Charleroi (french: Bataille de Charleroi) or the Battle of the Sambre, was fought on 21 August 1914, by the French Fifth Army and the German 2nd and 3rd armies, during the Battle of the Frontiers. The French were planning an attack a ...

The

, another of the frontier battles, was an action taking place 12–23 August 1914. The battle was joined by the French Fifth Army, advancing north towards the

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, and the German

and Third armies, moving southwest through Belgium. The Fifth army was meant to join the Third and Fourth armies in their attack through the Ardennes. However, this plan was put into effect assuming the Germans were not considering an assault further north, through Belgium—which was the German plan all along. Charles Lanrezac, commander of the Fifth Army, was strongly against the idea, fearing an attack from the north. However Joseph Joffre, chief-of-staff, rejected any such idea; after much persuasion, Lanrezac finally convinced him to move the Fifth Army northwards. However, by the time the Fifth Army arrived, units of the German Second Army were already in the area. Joffre authorized an attack across the Sambre, predicting that the German force had 18 divisions, comparable to Lanrezac's 15, plus another 3 British reinforcements (the British Expeditionary Force). However, Lanrezac predicted much higher numbers, closer to the actual number—32 German divisions. He preferred to wait for reinforcements, however that same day the Germans attacked across the river and established two beachheads, neither of which fell despite several French counterattacks. The next day, the main attack began; the fighting carried on through the day, and into the next. The French centre suffered severe losses and retreated; but the west and east flanks both held their ground. However, the retreat of cavalry divisions to the far west exposed the French west flank. With news of his situation, and the fact that his flanks could give and be completely enwrapped, Lanrezac ordered a general retreat into northern France. *

Siege of Maubeuge The siege of Maubeuge took place from at the Entrenched Camp of Maubeuge () the start of the First World War on the Western Front. The railway from Thionville (Diedenhofen, 1871–1919) to Luxembourg City, Arlon and Namur into Belgium had been c ...

The French town of

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was a major fort on the French side of the border. With a junction of no fewer than five major railway lines, it was recognized as a key strategic position by both sides; hence the construction of 15 forts and gun batteries ringing it, a total of 435 guns, and a permanent garrison of 35,000 troops. These were further bolstered by the choosing of the town as the advance base of the British Expeditionary Force. However, when these and the French Fifth Army retreated following the events at

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

, the town was cut off from allied support, and subsequently besieged on August 25. The German heavy artillery succeeded in demolishing the key forts around the city, and General Joseph Anthelme Fournier, in command of the garrison in the city, surrendered to the Germans some 13 days later. 1914 * Battle of Le Cateau * Battle of St. Quentin, also called the Battle of Guise * First Battle of the Marne * First Battle of the Aisne * Siege of Antwerp * First Battle of Albert * First Battle of Arras * Battle of the Yser * First Battle of Ypres * First Battle of Champagne 1915 * Battle of Neuve Chapelle * Second Battle of Ypres * Second Battle of Artois * Battle of Loos * Second Battle of Champagne 1916 * Battle of Verdun * Battle of Hulluch *

Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme ( French: Bataille de la Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place bet ...

Battle of Fromelles The Attack at Fromelles (, Battle of Fromelles, Battle of Fleurbaix or ) 19–20 July 1916, was a military operation on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack was carried out by British and Australian troops and was subsidiary ...

Battle of Pozières The Battle of Pozières (23 July – 3 September 1916) took place in northern France around the village of Pozières, during the Battle of the Somme. The costly fighting ended with the British in possession of the plateau north and east of the v ...

Battle of Ginchy The Battle of Ginchy took place on 9 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, when the 16th (Irish) Division captured the German-held village. Ginchy is north-east of Guillemont, at the junction of six roads, on a rise overlooking Comble ...

1917 * Nivelle Offensive * Battle of Arras (1917) *

Battle of Vimy Ridge The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in the First Army, against three divisions o ...

Second Battle of the Aisne The Second Battle of the Aisne (french: Bataille du Chemin des Dames or french: Seconde bataille de l'Aisne, 16 April – mid-May 1917) was the main part of the Nivelle Offensive, a Franco-British attempt to inflict a decisive defeat on the Germa ...

, also called the

Third Battle of Champagne The Battle of the Hills (french: link=no, Bataille des Monts) also known as the Battle of the Hills of Champagne and the Third Battle of Champagne, was a battle of the First World War that was fought from April–May 1917. The French Fourth Ar ...

Battle of Messines Battle of Messines may refer to: *Battle of Messines (1914) *Battle of Messines (1917) The Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) was an attack by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer), on the Western Front, near the village of ...

* Third Battle of Ypres, also called the

Battle of Passchendaele The Third Battle of Ypres (german: link=no, Dritte Flandernschlacht; french: link=no, Troisième Bataille des Flandres; nl, Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele (), was a campaign of the First World War, fought by t ...

* Battle of La Malmaison * Battle of Cambrai (1917) 1918 * German spring offensive * Second Battle of the Somme (1918), also known as the Battle of St. Quentin or the

Second Battle of the Somme The Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late August to early September, in the basin of the River Somme. It was part of a series of successful counter-offensives in response to the ...

(to distinguish it from the 1916 battle) * Battle of the Lys, also known as the

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and the Battle of Estaires * Third Battle of the Aisne * Battle of Cantigny * Battle of Belleau Wood * Second Battle of the Marne * Battle of Soissons (1918) * Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) *

Hundred Days Offensive The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allies of World War I, Allied offensives that ended the First World War. Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (1918), Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on the Wester ...

* Battle of Amiens * Second Battle of the Somme (1918), also known as the Third Battle of the Somme * Battle of Saint-Mihiel *

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* Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of the Argonne Forest * Battle of Cambrai (1918) * Battle of the Sambre (1918), also known as the Second Battle of the Sambre

Italian Campaign

* First Battle of the Isonzo * Second Battle of the Isonzo * Third Battle of the Isonzo * Fourth Battle of the Isonzo * Fifth Battle of the Isonzo *

Trentino Offensive The Battle of Asiago (Battle of the Plateaux) or the Südtirol Offensive (in Italian: Battaglia degli Altipiani), nicknamed ''Strafexpedition'' ("Punitive expedition") by the Italians, was a major counteroffensive launched by the Austro-Hungari ...

or the " Battle of Asiago" * Sixth Battle of the Isonzo or the " Battle of Gorizia" * Seventh Battle of the Isonzo * Eighth Battle of the Isonzo *

Ninth Battle of the Isonzo The Ninth Battle of the Isonzo was an Italian offensive against Austria-Hungary in the course World War I. Including a triumvirate of battles launched after the Italians' successful seizure of Gorizia in August 1916 to extend their bridgehead t ...

* Tenth Battle of the Isonzo * Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo * Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the " Battle of Caporetto" * Battle of the Piave River * Battle of Vittorio Veneto

Eastern Front

1914 * Battle of Stallupönen * Battle of Gumbinnen * Battle of Tannenberg * Battle of Galicia * First Battle of the Masurian Lakes * Battle of the Vistula River * Battle of Łódź (1914) * Battle of Limanowa 1915 * Siege of Przemysl * Battle of Bolimov * Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes * Great Retreat (Russian) * Sventiany Offensive 1916 * Lake Naroch Offensive * Brusilov Offensive **

Battle of Lutsk The Battle of Lutsk took place on the Eastern Front during World War I, from June 4 to June 6, 1916. This was the opening attack of the Brusilov Offensive under the overall command of Alexei Brusilov. The Russian 8th Army made a decisive b ...

** Battle of Kostiuchnówka **

Battle of Kowel The Battle of Kowel (also known as the Battle of Kovel or the Battle of Kovel-Stanislav) took place during World War I, from 24 July to 8 August 1916. It began with an Austrian counter-attack by Alexander von Linsingen south of Kowel, a city loc ...

1917 * Kerensky Offensive *

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1918 * Operation Faustschlag

Romanian Campaign

1916 * Battle of Transylvania ( Central Powers Victory) * Battle of Turtucaia ( Central Powers Victory) * Battle of Dobrich ( Bulgarian Victory) * First Battle of Cobadin ( Romanian- Russian Victory) * ( Central Powers Victory) * ( Romanian Victory) * Battle of Turnu Roșu Pass ( Romanian victory) * Flămânda Offensive ( Central Powers Victory) *

Battle of Brassó (1916) The Battle of Brassó was the last major military engagement during the Battle of Transylvania. It took place between 7 and 9 October 1916, between Central Powers forces (Germany and Austria-Hungary) on one side and Romanian forces on the other s ...

( Central Powers Victory) * (Romanian Victory) * ( Romanian Victory) * First Battle of Oituz ( Romanian Victory) * Second Battle of Cobadin ( Central Powers Victory) * First Battle of the Jiu Valley ( Romanian Victory) * Second Battle of the Jiu Valley ( Central Powers Victory) * Battle of Vulcan Pass ( Central Powers Victory) * Second Battle of Oituz ( Romanian Victory) * ( Central Powers Victory) * Battle of Robănești ( German Victory) * Battle of Bucharest ( Central Powers Victory) *

Prunaru Charge The Battle of Prunaru was a military engagement between German and Romanian forces during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. It resulted in a tactical German victory, but following the heavy Romanian resistance the Germans halted after taking ...

( Central Powers Victory) * Battle of the Argeș ( Central Powers Victory) * Battle of Râmnicu Sărat ( Central Powers Victory) 1917 * Battle of Tulcea (Romanian Victory) * Battle of Mărăști (Romanian-Russian Victory) * Battle of Mărășești (Romanian-Russian Victory) * Third Battle of Oituz (Romanian-Russian Victory)

Caucasus Campaign

Battle of Sarikamish The Battle of Sarikamish (''Sarighamishi chakatamart''), russian: Сражение при Сарыкамыше; tr, Sarıkamış Harekatı, lit=''Operation Sarıkamış'' was an engagement between the Russian and Ottoman empires during World W ...

(December 1914 - January 1915) * Battle of Ardahan * Defense of Van (1915) * Battle of Manzikert (1915) *

Battle of Kara Killisse The Battle of Kara Killisse (Lit. Black church, Turkish language, Turkish: ''Karakilise Muharebesi''), also known as the Battle of Malazgirt, was a battle on the Caucasus front in July 1915 after the Battle of Manzikert (1915), Battle of Manzik ...

* Erzurum Offensive ** Battle of Koprukoy *

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Battle of Baku The Battle of Baku ( az, Bakı döyüşü, tr, Bakü Muharebesi, russian: Битва за Баку) was a battle in World War I that took place between August–September 1918 between the Ottoman– Azerbaijani coalition forces led by Nuri Pas ...

Serbian Campaign

* Battle of Cer *

Srem Offensive The Srem Offensive was a limited offensive conducted by the Serbian 1st Army against the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the early months of the Serbian Campaign of World War I. Entente pressure for the offensive From early August 1914, Russi ...

Battle of Drina The Battle of the Drina ( Serbian: , ) was fought between Serbian and Austro-Hungarian armies in September 1914, near Loznica, Serbia, during the First Serbian campaign of World War I. After a first failed invasion of Serbia where he lost ...

* Battle of Kolubara *

Battle of Morava The Morava Offensive Operation ( bg, Моравска настъпателна операция), ( sr, Битка на Морави) was undertaken by the Bulgarian First Army between 14 October 1915 and 9 November 1915 as part of the strate ...

Battle of Kosovo (1915) The Kosovo offensive (Bulgarian: , German:) was an offensive launched part of the greater Serbian campaign of World War I, by German, Austro-Hungarian, and Bulgarian units under the command of Prussian Field Marshal Mackensen. It was conducted ...

* Battle of Ovche Pole

Gallipoli Campaign

The Gallipoli Campaign (also called the "Dardanelles Campaign"), was a number of battles fought between 1915 and 1916. * Battle of the Nek * Battle of Chunuk Bair * Battle of Gully Ravine *

Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) The Battle of Hill 60 was the last major assault of the Gallipoli Campaign. It was launched on 21 August 1915 to coincide with the attack on Scimitar Hill made from the Suvla front by Major-General H. de B. De Lisle's British IX Corps, Freder ...

* Battle of Krithia Vineyard *

Battle of Lone Pine The Battle of Lone Pine (also known as the Battle of Kanlı Sırt) was fought between Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) and Ottoman Empire forces during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War, between 6 and 10 August 1915. The ...

* Battle of Sari Bair * Battle of Scimitar Hill * Landing at Anzac Cove * Landing at Cape Helles * First Battle of Krithia * Second Battle of Krithia * Third Battle of Krithia * Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign

Macedonian front

* Battle of Krivolak * Battle of Kosturino * 1st Battle of Doiran * Battle of Florina *

Battle of Struma The Struma operation was the occupation of a part of northeastern mainland Greece by the Bulgarian army, during the First World War between 17–23 August 1916. It was named after the Struma (Strymonas) river. Background In August 1916 Romania ...

* Monastir Offensive **

Battle of Malka Nidzhe The Battle of Malka Nidzhe ( bg, Боят на Малка Нидже) also known as the Battle of Gornichevo was the opening battle of the Monastir Offensive. It lasted for three days and ended in victory for the Entente forces. Background In Au ...

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** 1st Battle of Cerna Bend * 2nd Battle of Monastir * 2nd Battle of Doiran * 2nd Battle of Cerna Bend * Battle of Skra-di-Legen * Vardar Offensive **

Battle of Dobro Pole The Battle of Dobro Pole ( sr, Битка код Доброг Поља, Bitka kod Dobrog Polja; gr, Μάχη του Ντόμπρο Πόλε, Máchi tou Dóbro Póle), also known as the Breakthrough at Dobro Pole ( bg, Пробив при До� ...

** 3rd Battle of Doiran

Sinai and Palestine Campaign

* First Suez Offensive * Battle of Romani or " The Second Suez Offensive" * Battle of Bir el Abd * Battle of Magdhaba * Battle of Rafa * Battle of Mughar Ridge * Battle of Jerusalem * Fall of Damascus * First Battle of Gaza * Second Battle of Gaza * Third Battle of Gaza or the " Battle of Beersheba" * Battle of Beersheba * Battle of Megiddo

Mesopotamian Campaign

* Fao Landing *

Fall of Basra The Battle of Basra was a battle of World War I which took place south of the city of Basra (modern-day Iraq) between British and Ottoman troops from November 11 to November 22, 1914. The battle resulted in the British capture of Basra. Backgro ...

* Battle of Qurna * Capture of Amara *

Battle of Nasiriyah The Battle of Nasiriyah was fought between the US 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, aided by the British military, and Iraqi forces from 23 March to 2 April 2003 during the US-led invasion of Iraq. On the night of 24–25 March, the bulk of ...

* Battle of Es Sinn * Battle of Ctesiphon * Siege of Kut ** Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad **

Battle of the Wadi The Battle of Wadi, occurring on 13 January 1916, was an unsuccessful attempt by British forces fighting in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) during World War I to relieve beleaguered forces under Sir Charles Townshend then under siege by the Otto ...

** Battle of Hanna **

Battle of Dujaila Redoubt The Battle of Dujaila ( tr, Sâbis Muharebesi) was fought on 8 March 1916, between British and Ottoman forces during the First World War. The Ottoman forces, led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz were besieging Kut, when the Anglo-Indian relief ...

First Battle of Kut The siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916), also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British Army garrison in the town of Kut, south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army. In 1915, its populatio ...

* Battle of Khanaqin * Second Battle of Kut * Fall of Baghdad * Samarra offensive * Battle of Jebel Hamlin * Battle of Istabulat * Battle of Ramadi * Capture of Tikrit * Battle of Sharqat

African theatre of World War I

* Fall of Cameroon * Fall of German South-West Africa ( Namibia) * Fall of Togo * Fall of German East Africa * Senussi Campaign * Battle of Tanga or Battle of the Bees * Battle of Rufiji Delta *

Battle of Kilimanjaro The Battle of Kilimanjaro at Longido took place in German East Africa in November 1914 and was an early skirmish during the East African Campaign (World War I), East African Campaign of the World War I, First World War. Background The British co ...

* Battle of Sandfontein * Battle of Segale * Battle of Agagia * Battle of Chra

Asia-Pacific Theatre

* Siege of Tsingtao * Occupation of German Samoa *

Battle of Bita Paka The Battle of Bita Paka (11 September 1914) was fought south of Kabakaul, on the island of New Britain, and was a part of the invasion and subsequent occupation of German New Guinea by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN& ...

* Siege of Toma * Central Asian revolt of 1916

Naval engagements

Atlantic Theatre

* First Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) * Battle of Coronel (1914) * Battle of the Falkland Islands (1914) * Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby (1914) * Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) * Otranto Barrage (1915–1918) * Battle of Jutland (1916) * Battle of Dover Strait (1917) * Second Battle of Heligoland Bight (1917) * Zeebrugge Raid (1918)

Mediterranean

* Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau (1914) * Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign (1915–1916) * Battle of the Otranto Straits (1917)

Asia-Pacific Theatre

* Battle of Rabaul * Battle of Tsingtao (1914) * Battle of Penang (1914) * Battle of Coronel (1914) * Battle of Cocos (1914)

Air engagements

World War I was the first war to see major use of planes for offensive, defensive and reconnaissance operations, and both the Entente Powers and the Central Powers used planes extensively. Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. ''See also the following articles:'' * Aviation in World War I * Aviation history (1914-1918) * Flying aces * List of World War I flying aces *

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* Zeppelins in World War I

Co-belligerent conflicts

These conflicts are considered part of the First World War because one or more of the combatants were aligned with a main belligerent power which may have provided materiel, military, financial, or political support.

Pre-First World War

* Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) * Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912) * First Balkan War (1912–13) * Second Balkan War (1913) * Muscat rebellion (1913-20) * Zaian War (1914-21) * Kurdish rebellions during World War I (1914-17)

During the First World War

* Maritz Rebellion (1914–15) * Easter Rising (1916) * Warlord Era (1916–1928) * Senussi Campaign (1915–17) * Arab Revolt (1916-1918) * Russian Revolution (1917) * Finnish Civil War (1918) * Russian Civil War (1918–22) ** North Russia Campaign (1918–19) ** Russian westward offensive (1918–19)

Post-First World War

* Greater Poland Uprising (1918–19) * Hungarian-Romanian War (1918–19) * Polish-Soviet War (1919–21) * Irish War of Independence (1919–21) * Turkish War of Independence (1919–23) * Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) * Vlora War (1920) * Irish Civil War (1922–23)

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Military Engagements Of World War I *Battles of World War I military engagements