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| world war 1 - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 | ||
| World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War | ||
| battle of the marne, belleau wood, chateau-thierry, marne river a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918 | ||
| battle of caporetto, caporetto battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces | ||
| dardanelles campaign, dardanelles the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks | ||
| battle of jutland, jutland an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark | ||
| argonne, argonne forest, meuse-argonne, meuse-argonne operation, meuse, meuse river an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11 | ||
| battle of soissons-reims, battle of the aisne, battle of the chemin-des-dames, soissons a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure | ||
| battle of the somme, somme, somme river battle in World War I (1916) | ||
| battle of tannenberg, tannenberg a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians | ||
| battle of verdun, verdun a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped | ||
| first battle of ypres, battle of ypres, ypres battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others | ||
| second battle of ypres, battle of ypres, ypres battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others | ||
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