The document summarizes several major battles of World War I on the Western Front: 1) The Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 resulted in a decisive German victory over Russia, with Russia suffering 170,000 casualties compared to Germany's 12,000. 2) The lengthy Battle of Verdun in 1916 involved heavy losses for both France and Germany, with over 306,000 killed. 3) The Battle of the Somme in 1916 was one of the bloodiest battles, with over 1 million casualties between the UK and Germany over four months of fighting. 4) Other battles mentioned include the First Battle of the Marne in 1914 and the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-1916 between the British/

1. World War I
Tristen Polkenhorn
1-24-12
Honors World History
Period 5

2. The Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg was when German Empire
and The Russian Empire went to war with each other.
It was one of the first battles of WWI and it went on
from August 23-30, 1917.
The Germans pretty much wiped out The Russians
second army and also the first one.
The battle took place near Allenstein, East Prussia

3. Continued...
The Battle of Tannenberg was the most
spectacular and complete germany
victory of the first world war
Russia lost 170,000 casualties total and
Germany lost 12,000 casualties total.

4. The Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun took place
February 21 - December 18, 1916 in
Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.
It was the longest battle of WWI
All together 306,000 people were killed
on the battle ground

5. Continued...
Philippe Pétain & Robert Nivelle lead
France to victory
Erich Von Falkenhayn & Crown Prince
Wilhelm lead The German Empires
army.
France had 75 divisions total and The
German Empire had 50 divisions total

6. The Battle of Somme
The Battle of Somme took place July 1 -
November 18, 1916.
It was between the United Kingdom and
The German Empire.
One of the biggest wars
suffered 1 million casualties

7. Continued...
One of the bloodiest military operations
ever recorded
The battle was a stalemate
German Army withdraws 40 miles to the
Hindenburg line
The Allies had a tactical and strategic
effects on the Germany Army.

8. The First Battle of The Marne
The The First Battle of The Marne went
from September 5 - 12, 1914.
It was Allies vs. The German Empire
The Allies won
The Allies pushed back the German
Empire from the edge of paris

9. Continued...
The Allies had 1,071,000; 39 French
Divisions and 6 British Divisions
The German Empire had 1,485,000; 27
German Divisions
The allies lost 81,700 casualties and the
German Empire lost 220,000 casualties.

10. Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign or Battle of Gallipoli began
April 25, 1915 - January 9, 1916.
British Empire, France Vs. Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire defeated the British Empire
The British and French wanted to capture the capital
of Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia,
but it was a failed attempt due to heavy artillery on
both the sides

11. Continued...
The British Empire had 489,000 men and France had
79,000 men
The Ottoman Empire had 315,500 men; 6 divisions
(initial) and 15 divisions (final)
The British Empire lost 56% of their men and The
Ottoman Empire lost 60% of their men
The Gallipoli Campaign was one of the greatest
victory’s for the Turks
It was the first major battle undertaken by the
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

12. The Stalemate
British Empire, France Vs. German
Empire.
The War was on the Western Front when
British and French troops encountered
the Germans in a trench
The Germans used the trench for
protection against grenades and bullets.

13. Continued...
British and French Troops caught on to
the trench warfare, so they made
trenches themselves
Britain and France lost 7,947,000 men
in the war
Germany lost 5,603,000 mean in the
battle for the Western Front

14. The Christmas Truce
The Christmas Truce happened along the
Wester Front in 1914.
Both countries were at war for a long
time and they were all sad because they
couldn’t spend christmas with their
families
Some of the men started singing
christmas carols and everyone else
started joining in.

15. Contiuned...
The countries in the war decided to call
a truce on christmas and celebrate.
They started mingling with each other
and playing soccer even though they
were in a full out war the day before.
When the day was over everyone went
back to the trenches and the next day
they went right back into war.