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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.
The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918.
The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a codename, predominantly from the Wehrmacht commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or their allies in the European Theatre during the Second World War.
Generals of the Imperial German Army during World War I (1914-1918). Germany portal; Pages in category "German Army generals of World War I"
Air Battle on Istrana; First Battle of the Aisne; Second Battle of the Aisne; Third Battle of the Aisne; Invasion of Åland; Battle of Albert (1914) Battle of Albert (1916) Battle of Albert (1918) Battle of Aleppo (1918) Allied occupation of German New Guinea; Battle of Amiens (1918) Battle of Amiens order of battle; First Battle of the Jordan ...
Karau, Mark D. Germany's Defeat in the First World War: The Lost Battles and Reckless Gambles That Brought Down the Second Reich (ABC-CLIO, 2015) scholarly analysis. excerpt; Kitchen, Martin. The Silent Dictatorship: The Politics of the German High Command under Hindenburg and Ludendorff, 1916–1918 (London: Croom Helm, 1976) Morrow, John.
Order of battle graphic of North Army. IX Reserve Corps is also known as the Army of the North was held back in Schleswig in case of British landings; moved up in late August as part of 1st Army. The North Army had following order of battle: [27] Commander: General der Infanterie Max von Boehn. Chief of Staff: Oberst Paulus von Stolzmann
The Battle of Liège (5–16 August 1914) was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War.The city of Liège was protected by a ring of modern fortresses, one of several fortified cities to delay an invasion to allow troops from the powers which had guaranteed Belgian neutrality to assist the Belgian Army in the expulsion of the invaders.