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The First Battle of Champagne (French: 1ère Bataille de Champagne) was fought from 20 December 1914 – 17 March 1915 in World War I in the Champagne region of France and was the second offensive by the Allies against the German Empire since mobile warfare had ended after the First Battle of Ypres in Flanders (19 October – 22 November 1914).
The Battle of Champagne is the name of several battles fought in the Champagne region of northern France during World War I: First Battle of Champagne (20 December 1914 – 17 March 1915) Second Battle of Champagne (25 September – 6 October 1915) Third Battle of Champagne (17 – 20 April 1917), or the Battle of the Hills (a diversionary ...
Battle of the Hills (also known as Third battle of Champagne), a diversion to the Second Battle of the Aisne. April 19 Middle Eastern: Second Battle of Gaza. The Ottoman lines resist a British attack. April 22 – May 8 Balkan: Second Battle of Doiran. April 23 Politics: The Ottoman Empire severs relations with the United States. [24]
The French had attacked in Champagne with 35 divisions against the equivalent of 16 German divisions. On the Champagne front, the Fourth, Second and Third armies had fired 2,842,400 field artillery and 577,700 heavy shells, which, with the consumption during the Third Battle of Artois in the north, exhausted the French stock of ammunition. [1]
World War I was the first war to see major use of planes for offensive, defensive and reconnaissance operations, and both the Entente Powers and the Central Powers used planes extensively. Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. Battles: 1914 in aviation. Raid on Cuxhaven; Air combat of October 5, 1914
The following week, co-operating American and French units broke through in Champagne at the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, forcing the Germans off the commanding heights, and closing towards the Belgian frontier. [59] On 8 October the line was pierced again by British and Dominion troops at the Battle of Cambrai. [60]
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.
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