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	List of Battles of World War I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sixth Battle of the Isonzo or the Battle of Gorizia
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		Battle of Bereza Kartuska Battle of Wilno Operation Minsk Battle of Daugavpils Kiev Offensive Battle of Wolodarka Battle of Lwów Battle of Berezina Battle of Warsaw Battle of Zadwórze Battle of Komarów Battle of the Niemen River Battle of Zboiska 2nd Minsk
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		Battle of the Ardennes: Under Plan XVII, the three French left-wing armies were supposed to undertake an offensive which would pass worht of Merz.
		Battle of the Stalluponen: On August 17, 1914 the Russian First Army crossed the frontier int East Prussia.
		Battle of Jutland: This was a battle between the British and the German.The British Grand Fleet was under the command of Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe and the German High Seas Fleet was commanded by Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer.
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	World War One Battles
		The Battle of Charleroi, one of the Battles of the Frontiers, was one of the key battles on the Western Front in 1914, and one of the early major German victories.
		The Battle of Le Cateau was essentially a rearguard action fought by the British in late August 1914, during the general Allied retreat along the Western Front in the face of sustained German successes at the four Battles of the Frontiers.
		The battle began with a nine-day German offensive that was only halted with the arrival of French reinforcements and the deliberate flooding of the Belgian front.Belgian troops opened the sluice gates of the dykes holding back the sea from the low countries.
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	Battle of Stalluponen -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Battle of Stalluponen was the first (A person of German nationality) German victory on the Eastern Front in (A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918) World War I.
		Brought on by the aggressive tactics of General (additional info and facts about Hermann von Francois) Hermann von Francois in defense of the German province of (additional info and facts about East Prussia) East Prussia, the battle was completely unexpected by both sides, along with its outcome.
		In mid-August, 1914, the (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russian army began to execute an invasion of East Prussia at the outbreak of hostilities.
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	First World War, 1914-1918
		By the time the battle ended, the French had regained almost all of the ground lost in the initial German attacks, while Falkenhayn had been replaced by the team of Hindenburg and Ludendorff, famous after victories in the east, who decided to go on to the defensive in the west.
		The battle was a disaster for Italy, but the new line soon stabilised, and in 1918 the Germans pulled their troops out of the front, expecting the Austrians to be able to deal with Italy on their own now that the Russian front was won.
		First was the battle of Heligoland Bight (28 August 1914), which began as an British attempt to stop German patrols, and escalated when the Admiralty sent in Cruisers from the Grand Fleet, and the Germans sent out some of their own Cruisers.
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	List of battles 1901-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		1915 Battle of Afiun-Kara-Hissar - Turkish assimilation of Armenians
		1942 Battle of Dieppe August 19 - "Operation Jubilee" was an Allied attack on the German occupied port of Dieppe in France.
		1944 Battle of Peleliu September 17 - A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
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	World War 1: World War 1 Battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Battle of the Frontiers, -- 5 August 1914
		Battle of the Ardennes, -- 21 August 1914
		Battle of the Falkland Islands, -- 8 December 1914
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	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Hermann von Francois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		He was killed in action leading his men during the Battle of Spicheren on 6 August 1870, only several days before the Battle of Sedan.
		After winning the battle, François obeyed Prittwitz's order and withdrew 15 miles to the west, where three days later he fought Rennenkampf to a draw at the Battle of Gumbinnen.
		Following that battle and a change of overall commanders(Prittwitz was judged to have lost his nerve by the German High Command), François' corps was transferred by rail to the southwest, to confront the Russian Second Army advancing into southern East Prussia under the command of General Alexander Samsonov.
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	List of Battles 1901-2000 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is soon to become the descisive battle of the war, and a Republican defeat.
		1942 Battle of Stalingrad August 22 - February 2, 1943 - City besieged by Paulus' German Sixth Army; from November 23 the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history, 1.8 millions dead approx.
		Battle of Longewala December 5 Decisive Indian Victory.
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	Battle Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Alma, battle of the 20 September 1854 (Crimea)
		Drina, battle of the, 8-17 September 1914 (Serbia)
		Leipzig, battle of ('The Battle of Nations'), 16-18 October 1813
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	Battle of Stalluponen, 17 August 1914 (East Prussia)
		Stalluponen, battle of, 17 August 1914 (East Prussia)
		Battle on the first day of Russia's invasion of East Prussia (First World War).
		Rennenkampf temporarily withdrew to the border, having lost 3,000 men, in what would compared to later battles appear to be a minor skirmish.
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		The Battle of Stalluponen was the first German victory on the Eastern Front in World War I. Battle of Halhin Gol
		The Battle of Halhin Gol, sometimes spelled Khalkhin Gol, was the decisive engagement of the undeclared war between the Soviet Union and Japan in 1939.
		Banyeres de Mariola is a settlement in the north of the province of Alicante (Spain), 860 metres above sea level, with a population of 7,500.
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	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Stalluponen, 1914
		The first action on the Eastern Front, the Battle of Stalluponen (in present day Lithuania) was fought by a corps of the German Eighth Army against Russian General Rennenkampf's First Army.
		Russia's planned invasion of East Prussia - which comprised a major component of their pre-war strategy, Plan 19 - was two-pronged.
		Prittwitz, encouraged by Francois's initial success, concurred, authorising a much larger attack upon the Russian First Army three days later, on 20 August, at the Battle of Gumbinnen.
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	List of battles 1901-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		1912 Battle of Lemnos (Oct 8)- Greek Marines Occupy the Ottoman held port of Moudros on the Island of Lemnos
		1912 Battle of Kumanovo (Oct 23)- Serbians defeat Ottomans in N.Macedonia
		1912 Battle of Kirk Kelesse (Oct 24)- Bulgarians defeat Ottomans in E.Thrace
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	Dictionary battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		, conflict, fight, engagement -- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
		-- an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
		, combat -- battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
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	Military History Timeline
		Battle of Stalluponen (East Prussia), minor German victory in East Prussia (WWI)
		Battle of Heligoland Bight(Naval Battle), minor British naval victory off German coast.
		Last day of the First battle of the Marne (France), allied victory ending German hopes of a short war.
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	The world's top hermann von francois websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		After winning the battle, Francois obeyed Prittwitz's order and withdrew 15 miles to the west, where three days later he fought Rennenkampf to a draw at the Battle of Gumbinnen.
		Francois' disobedience was forgotten for the time being, and he was given command of the entire Eighth Army for the battles of the Masurian Lakes the following winter.
		His army played the lead role in winning the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes on February 7, 1915.
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	First World War.com - Encyclopedia of World War I - S
		This area of the website provides an A-Z listing of First World War terms, personalities, biographical sketches, battles, weaponry, etc. All material listed by category elsewhere in the site is contained within this section.
		Somme, Battle of the - Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch
		St Mihiel - John J Pershing on Battle of
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	1914
		12-21 - Austrian invasion of Serbia halted at the Battle of the Jadar
		17- Russians invade East Prussia, Battle of Stalluponen
		3-11- Austrians defeated at Battle of Rava Russka
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	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Book of Days \| August 17 \| Ordeal of Odin Woden Ásatrú Norse myths ...
		Odin was head of the Aesir sky gods and the main god of battle victory, as well as god of the dead.
		“Mae West was born in Brooklyn, New York to “Battling Jack” West and Matilda Doelger.
		September 1, 1967), both convalescing from battle fatigue at the Craiglockhart War Hospital, Edinburgh, met and formed a brief but intense friendship.
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	WWW-VL: Military History: WW1 History: The Great War: First World War: World War One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Eastern Front: Battle of Stalluponen, Opened 17 August
		Sources and the Battle of the Somme, by Valda Rigg
		Third Battles of Ypres [Passchendaele Offensive] July 16-November 10 [PBS]
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	A Step Inside the Mind of Sweeney
		In 1914, Germany defeats Russia at the Battle of Stalluponen (However, they go on to lose the war despite massive wins on the Russian front) and later in the Second World War, the Allies under General Patton and Field Marshal Montgomery complete the conquest of the Italian island of Sicily in 1943.
		Nearly twenty years later in East Germany, Peter Fletcher becomes the first casuality of the Berlin wall when he is shot dead by a East German guard while attempting to pass into West Berlin (1962).
		Poland defeats Russia in 1920 at the Battle of Warsaw (way to go Poland!) and in 1944, the Allies launch Operation Anvil to invade the coast of southern France.
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	First World War.com - Battles - The Eastern Front
		This section contains details of the significant battles and actions fought on the Eastern Front during the First World War.
		Also included are critical encounters at Stalluponen and at Masurian Lakes.
		Click here to view a map of pre-war Europe.
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	List of battles 1901-2000 - guideofcasinos.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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		1916 Battle of Ctesiphon November 22 - November 25 - Anglo Indian advance up the Tigris River in Mesopotamia turned back.
		1942 Battle of Corregidor May 5 - 6 - General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders last U.S. bastion in Asia to Japanese.
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	Political Crossfire Forums :: View topic - Who contributed most to Germany's defeat in WWI?
		In fact, WWI was just the climax of a decades-long battle that had defined U.S. politics since the end of the Civil War: the battle for control of the U.S. (and later the world) between (a) JP Morgan's banking interests on the one hand; and (b) JD Rockefeller's oil interests on the other.
		U.S. politics during this era (Civil War to WWI) is impossible to understand unless you understand the "war" that was being waged between Morgan and Rockefeller, and it was a "genuine" war.
		The battle where the Red Army faced Hitlers army...where Russia kicked their bootays.
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