Key battles of WW1

The battle of Verdun

(Feb 21, 1916-Dec 18,1916)
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.It was one of the longest and largest battles of World War 1 lasting 303 days

.2,000,000 artillery rounds were shot in the first six days and another 2 million
were shot in the next twelve days

. The Germans designed the battle to be one attrition

.it had a symbolic for both sides

.the German forces seized a crucial French fort

The battle of Verdun is one of the reasons the British started the battle of the
Somme to relieve pressure on the French forces on Verdun
 Brusilov Offensive
(June 4,1916-Sept 20, 1916)
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.it was one of the most lethal offenses in world history

.it was named after the commander in charge of the southwestern front Imperial
Russian army General Aleksei Brusilov

.was the worst crisis for Austria-Hungary

.it was the Triple Ententes greatest victory

.it was the most successful campaign they have had that year

I have found some conflict with the information on how the battle affected the
overall war one saying that it did not cause the Germans to transfer troops away
from Verdun and or Somme while another said it did
 Battle of Passchendaele
(July 31,1917-November 10,1917)
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. it is also known as the third battle of Ypres

.for the soldiers it was known as the battle of mud

. Flanders had the most amount of rain that they had seen in over thirty years

.the Germans used mustard gas to stop the allied breakthrough at Passchendaele
ridge

.Haig was criticized heavily for not altering his battle plans when Germany moved
troops from the eastern front to the west

.Passchendaele was a very costly battle for the sake of a few kilometers the british
lost 310,000 and the Germans lost 260,000
 Gallipoli Campaign
( Feb 17,1915-Jan 9,1916)
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. was the only major victory for the Ottoman Empire

.Submarines played a major role in that Campaign

.Gallipoli almost derailed Winston Churchills political career

.three separate national identities Australia, New Zealand and the independent
Republic of Turkey

.The allies never made it much past the beach

The battle contributed to the eventual collapse of the Ottoman Empire

 Battle of the Somme
(1 July 18 November 1916)
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. It was the largest battle of World War 1 more than three million men fought in this battle and one million were
wounded or killed

.the first day of the battle was the bloodiest in British armies history

.the battle introduced the first use of tanks in warfare

.Adolf Hitler was wounded in the leg during this battle

.A silent movie about the battle became the first blockbuster film

.J.R.R Tolkien survived the battle due to a case of trenchfoot he was removed from the front line

Its over all contribution to the war effort was that it highlighted the importance of airpower and showcased the first
use of a tank at the end of the battle British and French forces had penetrated 10km into German occupied
territory taking more ground than any battle previous