Table of Data Points

Tag : Combat

1914-08-12Haelen (1914)

Haelen (Dutch: Halen) was a small market town along the principal axis of advance of the German imperial army and provided a good crossing point over the river Gete

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1914-08-071914-08-10Mulhouse

The battle was part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace, which the French had been forced to cede to the newly formed German Empire following France's defeat by Prussia and other independent German states in the Franco-Prussian War o...

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1914-08-041914-08-16Liege

The invasion of Belgium was the event that triggered the United Kingdom's entry into the war; the unexpected vigor of the city's defense allowed more time for the western Allies to organize and prepare their defense of France

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1914-07-281914-08-10Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau

The German ships evaded the British fleet and passed through the Dardanelles to reach Constantinople where their arrival was a catalyst that contributed to the Ottoman Empire joining the Central Powers by issuing a declaration of war against the Tripl...

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1914-07-281918-11-11U-boat Campaign

It took place largely in the seas around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean

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