Battles - The Western Front
This section contains summaries of the actions, battles and offensives conducted along the Western Front from 1914-18.
Included are the tremendous offensives at Verdun and the Somme, along with the three French-led Aisne offensives along the Chemin des Dames. Lesser-known actions at Lorraine, Charleroi and Antwerp are also detailed, as are the two climactic Battles of the Marne.
All battles and actions listed here can also be found in one of the other battlefront categories, e.g. The Battle of the Somme in 'The Western Front, The Capture of Baghdad in 'The Mesopotamian Front', etc.
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Opened 5 August 1914 |
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Opened 5 August 1914 |
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Opened 7 August 1914 |
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Opened 12 August 1914 |
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Opened 14 August 1914 |
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Opened 21 August 1914 |
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Opened 21 August 1914 |
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Opened 21 August 1914 |
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Opened 23 August 1914 |
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Opened 23 August 1914 |
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Opened 25 August 1914 |
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Opened 25 August 1914 |
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Opened 26 August 1914 |
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Opened 29 August 1914 |
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Opened 6 September 1914 |
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Opened 12 September 1914 |
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Opened 25 September 1914 |
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Opened 28 September 1914 |
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Opened 1 October 1914 |
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Opened 14 October 1914 |
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(Second Account), Opened 14 October 1914 |
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Opened 18 October 1914 |
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Opened 16 December 1914 |
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Opened 18 December 1914 |
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Opened 20 December 1914 |
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Opened 10 March 1915 |
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Opened 22 April 1915 |
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Opened 15 May 1915 |
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Opened 25 September 1915 |
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Opened 21 February 1916 |
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Opened 1 July 1916 |
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Opened 14 July 1916 |
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Opened 15 July 1916 |
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Opened 23 July 1916 |
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Opened 3 September 1916 |
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Opened 15 September 1916 |
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Opened 9 April 1917 |
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Opened 16 April 1917 |
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Opened 7 June 1917 |
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Opened 31 July 1917 |
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Opened 31 July 1917 |
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Opened 31 July 1917 |
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Opened 20 November 1917 |
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Opened 27 May 1918 |
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Opened 28 May 1918 |
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Opened 3 June 1918 |
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Opened 6 June 1918 |
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Opened 4 July 1918 |
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Opened 15 July 1918 |
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Opened 12 September 1918 |
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Opened 18 September 1918 |
'Strafing' is attacking ground troops by machine guns fired from low-flying aircraft.
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