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The Battle of Liège was the first battle of the war, and could be considered a moral victory for the allies, as the heavily outnumbered Belgians held out against the German Army for 12 days. From 5 to 16 August 1914, the Belgians successfully resisted the numerically superior Germans, and inflicted surprisingly heavy losses on their aggressors.
Battles are generally presumed to have been land/field battles, unless otherwise stated. Lists of aerial operations and battles Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943; Air raids on Hong Kong during WWII; Aircraft carrier operations during World War II; List of air operations during the Battle of Europe. List of Allied attacks on the German ...
The rebel yell was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Confederate soldiers used the yell when charging to intimidate the enemy and boost their own morale, although the yell had many other uses. There are audio clips and film footage of veterans performing the yell many years later at Civil War veterans ...
Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War; Category:Battles of the American Civil War; Some battles have more than one name. For instance, the battles known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively, by the South. This was because ...
Battle of Markada - 2014 - Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; First Battle of the Marne – 1914 – World War I; Second Battle of the Marne – 1918 – World War I; Battle of Marrakech – 1908; Battle of Marston Moor – 1644 – First English Civil War; First Battle of the Masurian Lakes – September 1914 – World War I
The United States campaigns in World War I began after American entry in the war in early April 1917. The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) served on the Western Front , under General John J. Pershing , and engaged in 13 official military campaigns between 1917 and 1918, for which campaign streamers were designated.
The Great War. USA: Public Broadcasting System. "WWI Timeline". National Wwi Museum and Memorial. USA: National World War I Museum. "World War One Timeline". UK: BBC. "New Zealand and the First World War (timeline)". New Zealand Government. "Timeline: Australia in the First World War, 1914-1918". Australian War Memorial.
The Battle of Cantigny, fought May 28, 1918, [4] was the first major American battle and offensive of World War I. [5] The U.S. 1st Division , the most experienced of the five American divisions then in France and in reserve for the French Army near the village of Cantigny , was selected for the attack.