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World War I Battles Descriptions Review

Using the information you have been given about the battles and timeline of World War I, match the battle descriptions to the appropriate battle. Use this information to help you study for your unit test!

Descriptions:

  1. Germans attack and are repulsed by French. They dig in and begin trench warfare. This battle ends all hopes of quick end to war. **The second battle here beginning in June 1918 marks the turning point of World War I.
  2. In East Prussia, Russians threatened German-held seaport (Danzig). German commanders Hindenburg and Ludendorff easily surround and defeat the Russians.
  3. An attempt to get aid to Russia, go through the Dardanelles and capture Constantinople. Cost Allies 145,000 men killed and wounded.
  4. There were three battles here, and the third had such heavy rain that thousands of British soldiers drowned. The city was destroyed.
  5. The British under Gen. Douglas Haig fight to push Germans back. Greatest losses in first day of battle—Germany 600,000, Britain 400,000, France 200,000. Tanks introduced at this battle.
  6. Germans are stopped by American and French troops 40 miles outside of Paris.
  7. An attempt through attack by Germans to decrease size of French army. Losses mount on both sides and Germany withdraws. Germany lost 330,000 and France 350,000.
  8. Pershing assembled nearly 500,000 American and 100,000 French soldiers—his first independent command. Cost the United States 7,000 casualties.
  9. Marshall Ferdinand Foch — Supreme Allied Commander (French) leads offensive.One all-black (92nd) division saw combat here—an entire regiment (369th) under French Command received the Croix de Guerre. Germans showered the 92nd with leaflets describing racism in US urging them to cross over to German lines. None did. Sgt. Alvin York, American soldier, single-handedly captured 132 prisoners in this campaign. Germans retreat toward Germany and resistance collapses. Leads to Armistice in Compiegne (train car) 11-11-18. Remember this detail!
  10. Adm. Sir John Jellicoe (150 Brit. Warships) and Adm. Reinhard Scheer (99 Germ. Warships). Both claimed victory, but German navy withdrew to Baltic for remainder of the war.

Battles:

  • Marne
  • Tannenberg
  • Gallipoli
  • Jutland
  • Verdun
  • Somme
  • Ypres
  • Chateau Thierry
  • St. Mihiel Offensive
  • Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Answers:

  1. Germans attack and are repulsed by French. They dig in and begin trench warfare. This battle ends all hopes of quick end to war. **The second battle here beginning in June 1918 marks the turning point of World War I.

    Answer: Marne

  2. In East Prussia, Russians threatened German-held seaport (Danzig). German commanders Hindenburg and Ludendorff easily surround and defeat the Russians.

    Answer: Tannenberg

  3. An attempt to get aid to Russia, go through the Dardanelles and capture Constantinople. Cost Allies 145,000 men killed and wounded.

    Answer: Gallipoli

  4. There were three battles here, and the third had such heavy rain that thousands of British soldiers drowned. The city was destroyed.

    Answer: Ypres

  5. The British under Gen. Douglas Haig fight to push Germans back. Greatest losses in first day of battle—Germany 600,000, Britain 400,000, France 200,000. Tanks introduced at this battle.

    Answer: Somme

  6. Germans are stopped by American and French troops 40 miles outside of Paris.

    Answer: Chateau Thierry

  7. An attempt through attack by Germans to decrease size of French army. Losses mount on both sides and Germany withdraws. Germany lost 330,000 and France 350,000.

    Answer: Verdun

  8. Pershing assembled nearly 500,000 American and 100,000 French soldiers—his first independent command. Cost the United States 7,000 casualties.

    Answer: St. Mihiel Offensive

  9. Marshall Ferdinand Foch — Supreme Allied Commander (French) leads offensive.One all-black (92nd) division saw combat here—an entire regiment (369th) under French Command received the Croix de Guerre. Germans showered the 92nd with leaflets describing racism in US urging them to cross over to German lines. None did. Sgt. Alvin York, American soldier, single-handedly captured 132 prisoners in this campaign. Germans retreat toward Germany and resistance collapses. Leads to Armistice in Compiegne (train car) 11-11-18. Remember this detail!

    Answer: Meuse-Argonne Offensive

  10. Adm. Sir John Jellicoe (150 Brit. Warships) and Adm. Reinhard Scheer (99 Germ. Warships). Both claimed victory, but German navy withdrew to Baltic for remainder of the war.

    Answer: Jutland

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