This detailed guide will show you the key battles from World War I. Investigate significant battles like the Somme and Verdun battles. Discover the tactics, results, and historical importance of these important historical turning points.
| Battle | Year | Location | Allied Commander(s) | Central Powers Commander(s) | ||
| Battle of the Somme | 1916 | Somme River, France | Douglas Haig | Fritz von Below | ||
| Battle of Verdun | 1916 | Verdun, France | Philippe Pétain | Erich von Falkenhayn | ||
| Battle of Passchendaele | 1917 | Ypres, Belgium | Douglas Haig | Crown Prince Rupprecht | ||
| Battle of Tannenberg | 1914 | Tannenberg, East Prussia | Paul von Hindenburg | Max von Prittwitz | ||
| Battle of Gallipoli | 1915 | Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey | Sir Ian Hamilton | Otto Liman von Sanders | ||
| Battle of the Marne | 1914 | Marne River, France | Joseph Joffre | Helmuth von Moltke | ||
| Battle of Ypres | 1914 | Ypres, Belgium | Fernand de Langle | Albrecht von Württemberg | ||
| Battle of the Somme | 1918 | Somme River, France | Henry Rawlinson | Georg von der Marwitz | ||
| Battle of Cambrai | 1917 | Cambrai, France | Julian Byng | Georg von der Marwitz | ||
| Battle of Caporetto | 1917 | Caporetto, Italy | Luigi Cadorna | Svetozar Boroević | ||
| Battle of Tannenberg | 1914 | Tannenberg, East Prussia | Paul von Hindenburg | Max von Prittwitz | ||
| Battle of Galicia | 1914 | Galicia, Austria-Hungary | Nikolai Ivanov | Conrad von Hötzendorf | ||
| Battle of Riga | 1917 | Riga, Latvia | Julian Byng | Rüdiger von der Goltz | ||
| Battle of Gallipoli | 1915 | Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey | Sir Ian Hamilton | Otto Liman von Sanders | ||
| Battle of Megiddo | 1918 | Megiddo, Palestine | Edmund Allenby | Otto Liman von Sanders | ||
| Siege of Kut | 1916 | Kut, Mesopotamia | Charles Townshend | Halil Kut | ||
| Battle | Year | Location | Allied Commander(s) | Central Powers Commander(s) | ||
| Battle of Tanga | 1914 | Tanga, German East Africa | Arthur Aitken | Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck | ||
| Battle of Gibeon | 1915 | Gibeon, German South-West Africa | Louis Botha | Victor Franke | ||
