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List of military engagements of World War I

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List of Canadian battles during the First World War on the Western Front plaque in Currie Hall, Royal Military College of Canada

This list of military engagements of World War I covers terrestrial, maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions, 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 localized 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.[1]

European theatre (1914–1918)

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Western Front (1914–1918)

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1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

Italian Campaign (1915–1918)

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Eastern Front (1914–1918)

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Campaign of 1914 (Entente victory; Russia captures Galicia, part East Prussia and part of the Carpathian Mountains, And also knocks out the Germans from Poland, disrupting their plans to destroy a group of Russian troops. As well as disrupts the Schlieffen plan, forcing Germany to fight on two fronts)[2][3][4]

Campaign of 1915 (Central powers victory, however, the Germans are unable to bring Russia out of the war. Russians return a wide strip to Galicia[3])[4][2]

Campaign of 1916 (Russian victory; recapture Galicia and Bukovina; the Russians are forcing the Germans to stop the attacks on Verdun by their actions)

Campaign of 1917 (Central powers victory)

Central Powers intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918)

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(Central Powers victory, End of the eastern front and Central Powers occupation of Western Russia)

Romanian Campaign (1916–1918)

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(part of Eastern front)

1916

1917

1918

Balkans theatre (1914–1918)

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Serbia campaign (1914–1915)

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World War I in Albania (1914–1918)

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Partisan campaign in occupied Serbia (1915–1917/1918)

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Macedonian front (1915–1918)

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Greece during World War I

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Dissolution of Austria-Hungary (1914–1918)

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Note:[a]

German Revolution (1918) (WW1 part)

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Establish of independent Polish state

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Middle Eastern theatre (1914–1918)

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Caucasus Campaign (1914–1918)

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1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916)

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W Beach, Helles, on January 7, 1916, just prior to the final evacuation of British forces during the Gallipoli Campaign.

The Gallipoli Campaign (also called the "Dardanelles Campaign"), was a number of battles fought between 1915 and 1916.

Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918)

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Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–1918)

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Arab Revolt (1916–1919)

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Persian Campaign (1914–1918)

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South Arabia (1914–1919)

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Second Saudi-Rashidi War (1915–1918)

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Other military engagements

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African theatre of World War I (1914–1918)

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East African campaign (1914–1918) (Allied victory)

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Kamerun campaign (1914–1916) (Allied victory)

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Togoland campaign (1914)

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South West Africa campaign (1914–1915/1917)

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Operations in North africa (1914–1918 (as part of WW1)) (Allied victory)

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Asia-Pacific theatre (1914–1919)

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Allied occupation of German New Guinea (1914)

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Resistance in occupied German New Guinea

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Note:[c]

North-West Frontier Theatre (1914–1917)

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Central Asian revolt of 1916

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Basmachi movement (1916–1918(as part of WW1)-1934)

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Chinese entry into World War I (1917)

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U-boat campaign

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Atlantic Theatre

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Mediterranean

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Asia-Pacific Theatre

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Baltic sea

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Black Sea

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West Indian Ocean

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Air engagements (1914–1918)

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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.

Battles:

See also the following articles:

Other military engagements

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Strikes, demonstrations, civil unrest and similar events

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Due to the huge number of such events, only the most important ones or those that have their own article or section within the article should be listed.

Note: The term Hunger Storm (in Czech: Hladová bouře) means civil unrest caused by hunger.

Austria-Hungary

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German Empire

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Massacres

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List

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Co-belligerent conflicts

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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

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During the First World War

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(Some are already mentioned above in the article)

Post-First World War

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Rebellions and other incidents presaging the dissolution of the monarchy.
  2. ↑ Only engagements outside of military fronts
  3. ↑ Note: Herman Detzner's group was not the only one that refused to surrender after the conquest of the colony. However, by 1915, all such groups had been liquidated.[26]
  4. ↑ The victims of the incident are sometimes described as the last casualties of the First World War (actually the last casualty of the war was probably the American Henry Gunther)

References

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  1. ↑ Cowley and Parker (editors), pp. 521–526
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Олейников А. Россия-щит Антанты. С предисловием Николая Старикова.-СПб.:Питер, 2016.-336 с.-( серия «Николай Стариков рекомендует прочитать») ISBN 978-5-496-01795-4
  3. 1 2 Царствование Императора Николая 2/ Сергей Ольденбург.-М.:Центрполиграф, 2022.-654 с. ISBN 978-5-227-09905-1
  4. 1 2 История России, которую приказали забыть. Нико- лай II и его время; [5-е издание] / А. А. Борисюк. - М.: Вече, 2023. - 160 с. ISBN 978-5-4484-3841-7
  5. ↑ "Конница в Восточной Пруссии, 1914-й. Пилькален и Каушен". btgv.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  6. ↑ Брусилов 2023, pp. 122–126.
  7. ↑ Воспоминания : Конец 1917 - декабрь 1918 / Павел Скоропадский; [вступ. ст. В.Г. Черкасова-Георгиевского]. - М. : ПРОЗАиК, 2019. - 315, [5] с., [24] с. ил. ISBN 978-5-91631-282-9
  8. ↑ Корольков Г. К. Несбывшиеся Канны. –М., 1926.С. 36
  9. ↑ Громенко С. В. Забута перемога. Кримська операція Петра Болбочана 1918 року. Стр 103
  10. ↑ Fremuth, Jiří (2018-10-29). "Republiku slavili v Dobrušce dvakrát, omylem ji vyhlásili o měsíc dřív". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  11. ↑ "Ilu Polaków zginęło, rozbrajając Niemców w listopadzie 1918 roku?". CiekawostkiHistoryczne.pl (in Polish). 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  12. ↑ Царствование Императора Николая 2/ Сергей Ольденбург.-М.:Центрполиграф, 2022.-654 с. ISBN 978-5-227-09905-1
  13. ↑ Олейников А. Россия-щит Антанты. С предисловием Николая Старикова.-СПб.:Питер, 2016.-336 с.-( серия «Николай Стариков рекомендует прочитать») ISBN 978-5-496-01795-4
  14. 1 2 3 B. V. Nikitin, 1938, The Fatal Years. Fresh Revelations on a Chapter of Underground History
  15. ↑ Шуберт К. К. Русский отряд парусных судов на Каспийском море // Флот в Белой борьбе (Сост. С. В. Волков). — М.: ЗАО Центрполиграф, 2002. — 607 с. — ISBN 5-9524-0028-0
  16. ↑ March, F. A.; Beamish, R. J. (1919). History of the World War. United States: Published for the United publishers of the United States and Canada. p. 373.
  17. ↑ Nasmith, G. C. (1919). Canada's Sons in the World War: A Complete and Authentic History of the Commanding Part Played by Canada and the British Empire in the World's Greatest War. Canada: J.C. Winston. pp. 243–244.
  18. ↑ The World's Greatest War: The causes of the war; the events of 1914–1915 and summary; the events of 1916 and summary. United States: Grolier Society. 1920. p. 402.
  19. 1 2 Stiénon, Charles (1916). "Une Campagne Coloniale: Sur Le Chemin De Bagdad". Revue des Deux Mondes. 35 (1). JSTOR: 161. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  20. 1 2 "14th King's Hussars". The British Empire. Archived from the original on 14 February 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  21. ↑ Tugwell, W. B. P. (1938). History of the Bombay Pioneers. Sidney Press. p. 293.
  22. ↑ Moberly, F. J. (1925). The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914–1918 Compiled at the Request of the Government of India, under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. III (1st ed.). London: HMSO. p. 269. OCLC 772784343.
  23. 1 2 "The Fight for Tekrit". The Kaiser's Cross. Archived from the original on 12 April 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  24. 1 2 3 Aboona, Hirmis (2008). Assyrians, Kurds, and Ottomans: Intercommunal Relations on the Periphery of the Ottoman Empire. Cambria Press. ISBN 9781604975833.
  25. ↑ Westera, Rick. "Historical Atlas of Asia Pacific (10 October 1914): Conquest of the German Pacific". Omniatlas. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  26. ↑ "Chapter V: Affairs In The Western Pacific" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  27. ↑ Naval History And Heritage Command (29 July 2015). "Lydonia". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

Sources

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  • James M. McPherson; Stephen B. Oates; Celab Carr; Geoffrey Ward; Richard M. Ketchum; et al. (2001). Robert Cowley; Geoffrey Parker (eds.). A Reader's Companion to Military History (Paperback ed.). Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0-618-12742-9.
  • Олейников, Алексей (2016). Россия-щит Антанты. С предисловием Николая Старикова. St. Petersburg: Питер. ISBN 978-5-496-01795-4.
  • Брусилов, Алексей (2023). Мои воспоминания. Из царской армии в Красную. Moscow: Москва. ISBN 978-5-04-176827-0.
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