Friday, August 10, 2007

Six First World War battles

The Siege of Tsingtao, 18 September-6 November 1914, was the only battle of the First World War to take place in the Far East and saw Japan captured the German port of Tsingtao on the coast of China.

The Third Battle of the Aisne, 27 May-3 June 1918, was the third of General Ludendorff's great offensives during the summer 1918. It saw German troops reach within forty miles of Paris before the advance was stopped.

The battle of Cantigny, 28 May 1918, was the first American offensive of the First World War.

The Battle of Château-Thierry of 3-4 June 1918 was part of the Allied response to the German Aisne offensive of 27 May-7 June 1918

The Battle of Belleau Wood, 6-26 June 1918, was part of the Allied counterattack that came at the end of the Third Battle of the Aisne and an early victory for the American army in France

The Battle of St. Mihiel, 12-13 September 1918, was the first major independent American offensive of the First World War and saw the Germans forced out of the St. Mihiel salient

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