Battles of world war one
Battles of world war oneWorld War One dominates the history of the 20th century. Its
effects were felt long after it ended. Its uneasy outcome paved
the way for a second and worse conflict. World War One had
many bloody battles and campaigns, but in this essay I will
discuss which battle was the most important.
Which battle was the most important one in World War
One? The theme of the war was a huge military effort that
involved many battles and about 70 million soldiers, 9 million of
which were killed. It is extremely difficult to decide which
battle is the most important due to these factors. Of the many
important battles, I have chosen to summarize a few and to
choose one as the most important. The first really important
battle was the first battle of the Marne. In this battle the
heavily outnumbered French forces held off the first German
invasion at the Marne River. This battle forced the Germans to
regroup North of the Marne and destroyed the Schlieffen Plan.
The Schlieffen Plan was the German plan of attack. Its
objective was to knock the French out of the war before Russia
would conquer eastern Germany. It unleashed three quarters
of the German army in a giant westward sweep across Belgium
and Luxembourg, and then into a giant wheel South into France.
This plan accepted the risks of an early Russian attack on the
eastern front, so when the French destroyed it the German
objective wasn't attained and it left the Russians with an open
window for an attack. The Russians took this opportunity and
attacked, which brings us to our second most important battle.
The Russians sent two armies into Germany that met in
Tannenberg. Due to an error one army arrived before the
other, but still had superior numbers. The battle of
Tannenberg was a lot like the First battle of the Marne. In it
and overwhelmed and outnumbered defensive force destroyed
an offensive force that had superior numbers. The Germans
completely destroyed the first army that arrived then launched
a counterattack and met the second army at the battle of the
Masurian lakes and forced them to retreat too. In both battles
combined the Germans captured a total of over 100,000 men
and 500 guns. Another very important battle in World War
One was Gallipoli. Winston Chuchill proposed taking Turkey
out of the war by Naval action, and Britain attempted to do this
in the Battle of Gallipoli. The first stage of the battle was a
series of bombardments by the allies along the Dardanelles
Straits. Minesweeping then followed...
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