Major battles in 1914-1917. not including battles that the United States participated in.
One battle was the Battle of Tannenberg. It was fought between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in august through september of 1914. It was fought between the First and Second army of Russia and the Eighth army of Germany. Most of the Russian armies were destroyed. Russia also had 78,000 killed or wounded and
Germany had 5,000 killed and 7,000 wounded. In the end the German Empire won.
In 1915, the Battle of Ctesiphon occured. The British Empire vs British India fought against the Ottoman Empire. The battle was fought to defend an oil refinery. The battle was in the Iraq desert on a bank of the Tigris River. The Ottomans had 18,000 men and 52 guns. The British Empire and British India had 11,000 troops and two warships. By the end of this battle, there was 4.600 casualties for the British clans and anywhere from 6,200-9,500 casualties for the Ottoman. There was for sure winner of this war but the Ottoman were more strategic so they were more of the winners in this battle.
Another battle fought in 1915 was the Battle of Es Sinn. This was fought between United Kingdom vs India against Ottoman forces to determine who would have control of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The British and Indian troops beat the Ottoman forces and took control of the rivers. The United Kingdon and Indian troops suffered 94 deaths and over 1,000 wounded people. The Ottoman Empire had 2847 killed or wounded. The British won.
In 1916 the Battle of Wadi occured between United Kingdom and British India against the Ottoman Empire. The British troops were trying to to relieve beleaguered forces. They lost the battle though. The British troops had 1,600 troops killed or wounded and the Ottoman Empire lost 527 troops. The Ottoman Empire won.
One more battle i found took place in 1917 and it was the Battle of Passchendaele between the United Kingdom and France vs German Empire. The battle was fought for the control of the village of Passchendaele. The battle was indecisive on who won, but the Canadians did capture Passchendaele although the Ottoman Empire did regain some of their stolen land.
battle of es sinn
battle of tannerberg
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