Powness

Valeria Dominguez
Block 4
3/18/11
The Three Major Battles of WWI
The First World War consisted of many distinct battles, some not as important as others. Three battles that made the warmove along or made a big impact on the outcome of the war were The Battle of the Somme, The Battle of Jutland, and The Second Battle of the Marne. The Battle of the Somme didn´t make the war advance butit did cause a lot of casualties and saved some too. The battle of Jutland was the largest and greatest naval battle of WWI, it proved that the Royal Navy couldn´t be competed with for control of theNorth Sea. And, the Second Battle of the Marne began the last major German offensive, caused many casualties, and, after this great loss, the Germans took no further large-scale attempt to win thewar.
The Battle of the Somme began on the first of July and was called off on November 18th of 1916. The aim of this battle was to distract the German forces from Verdun and to take stress off ofVerdun. The French and German armies had suffered a ton of casualties at the battle of Verdun, so to let Verdun rest, the battle of the Somme was planned (it also had other purposes but this was the mainone). The first day of the battle was terrible for the British army, 58,000 British troops were lost (1/3 of the British army was killed). A total of about 420,000 British casualties, plus 200,000French casualties, and 500,000 German casualties were lost. This battle did save a lot of men that would have been lost if Verdun hadn´t been relieved. This battle didn´t move WWI anywhere, but the Battleof Jutland did and it proved the Royal Navy to be mighty strong.
The Battle of Jutland began on May 31st 1916. The German High Seas Fleet had planned to attack the Royal Navy to obtain control of theNorth Sea. Commander Reihnard Scheer, of the German High Seas Fleet, had gone back to the policy of sorties and was very confident that the British were not going to be able to break his code and...