This list of military engagements of World War I covers terrestrial, maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions, and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period of time. Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localized to a specific area and over a specific period of time. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the First Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war.Cowley and Parker (editors), pp. 521–526
European theatre (1914–1918)
Western Front (1914–1918)
1914
German invasion of Luxembourg Skirmish at Joncherey Battle of Liège Battle of the Frontiers Battle of Mulhouse Battle of Lorraine Battle of Sarrebourg Battle of Morhange Battle of the Ardennes
Battle of Rossignol
Battle of Charleroi Battle of Mons Great Retreat Siege of Maubeuge Battle of Le Cateau Battle of St. Quentin, also called the Battle of Guise First Battle of the Marne
, also called the Battle of the Two Morins Battle of Revigny Battle of Vitry First Battle of the Aisne Race to the Sea First Battle of Picardy First Battle of Albert Battle of La Bassée Battle of Messines Battle of Armentières Battle of the Yser First Battle of Ypres Battle of Langemarck Battle of Gheluvelt Battle of Nonne Bosschen Siege of Antwerp Battle of Buggenhout First Battle of Arras Battle of Messines (1914) Battle of Armentières First Battle of Champagne
1915 Winter operations 1914–1915 Battle of Neuve Chapelle Battle of Festubert Second Battle of Ypres Second Battle of Artois Battle of Aubers Battle of Loos Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt Second Battle of Champagne
1916 Actions of the Bluff, 1916 Battle of Verdun Battle of Bois des Caures Hohenzollern Redoubt action, 2–18 March 1916 Actions of St Eloi Craters Battle of Hulluch Battle of Mont Sorrel Raid on Hooge Chateau Battle of the Somme Battle of Albert (1916) First day on the Somme Battle of Bazentin Ridge Battle of Thiepval Ridge Battle of Fromelles Battle of Le Transloy Capture of La Boisselle Attacks on High Wood Capture of Le Sars Capture of Lesbœufs Leipzig Salient Capture of Gueudecourt Battle of Guillemont Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye Battle of Flers–Courcelette Capture of Fricourt Lochnagar mine Capture of Mametz Capture of Montauban Battle of Morval Fighting for Mouquet Farm Capture of Ovillers Battle of Pozières Capture of Regina Trench Capture of Schwaben Redoubt Capture of Stuff Redoubt Battle of the Ancre Heights Battle of Thiepval Ridge Capture of Trônes Wood Capture of Combles Capture of Contalmaison Battle of Delville Wood Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt Attack on the Boar's Head Capture of Schwaben Redoubt Capture of Beaumont-Hamel Attack on the Gommecourt Salient Battle of the Ancre Battle of Pozières Battle of Ginchy
1917 Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917 Operation Alberich Nivelle Offensive Battle of Arras (1917) German attack on Lagnicourt First attack on Bullecourt Battle of Vimy Ridge Second Battle of the Aisne, also called the Third Battle of Champagne Battle of Messines Operation Hush Third Battle of Ypres, also called the Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Pilckem Ridge Capture of Westhoek Battle of Hill 70 Gheluvelt Plateau actions Action of the Cockcroft Action of 22 August 1917 Battle of Polygon Wood Battle of the Menin Road Ridge Action of 25 September 1917 Actions of 30 September – 4 October 1917 Battle of Broodseinde Battle of Poelcappelle First Battle of Passchendaele Action of 22 October 1917 Second Battle of Passchendaele Night action of 1/2 December 1917 Action on the Polderhoek Spur Battle of La Malmaison Battle of Cambrai (1917) 1918 German spring offensive Operation Michael Battle of St. Quentin, 21–23 March Battle of Moreuil Wood Battle of the Avre Battle of the Lys, also known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres and the Operation Georgette Battle of Estaires Battle of Messines Battle of Hazebrouck Battle of Bailleul Battle of Merckem First Battle of Kemmel Battle of Béthune Second Battle of Kemmel Battle of the Scherpenberg Battle of Seicheprey Second Battle of Morlancourt Third Battle of the Aisne Belleau Wood Campaign Battle of Cantigny Battle of Belleau Wood Battle of Château-Thierry Second Battle of the Marne Battle of Soissons (1918) Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) Battle of Tardenois Hundred Days Offensive Battle of Amiens Second Battle of the Somme, also known as the Battle of St. Quentin Battle of Albert (1918) Battle of the Scarpe (1918) Second Battle of Bapaume Battle of Havrincourt Battle of Saint-Mihiel Battle of Épehy Battle of the Canal du Nord Fifth Battle of Ypres Battle of St Quentin Canal Battle of the Hindenburg Line Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of the Argonne Forest Battle of Chesne Advance to the Meuse Battle of Cambrai (1918) Battle of Courtrai (1918) Battle of the Selle Battle of Valenciennes (1918) Battle of the Sambre (1918), also known as the Second Battle of the Sambre Second Battle of Mons Battle of Vrigne-Meuse
Italian Campaign (1915–1918)
Battles of the Isonzo First Battle of the Isonzo Second Battle of the Isonzo Third Battle of the Isonzo Fourth Battle of the Isonzo Fifth Battle of the Isonzo Sixth Battle of the Isonzo or the "Battle of Gorizia" Seventh Battle of the Isonzo Eighth Battle of the Isonzo Ninth Battle of the Isonzo Tenth Battle of the Isonzo Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the "Battle of Caporetto" Battle of Monte Grappa Trentino Offensive or the "Battle of Asiago" Battle of mount Ortigara Battle of the Piave River Battle of San Matteo Battle of Vittorio Veneto German/Bavarian occupation of South Tyrol and Northern Austria
Eastern Front (1914–1918)
Campaign of 1914 (Entente victory; Russia captures Galicia, part East Prussia and part of the Carpathian Mountains, And also knocks out the Germans from Poland, disrupting their plans to destroy a group of Russian troops. As well as disrupts the Schlieffen plan, forcing Germany to fight on two fronts)Олейников А. Россия-щит Антанты. С предисловием Николая Старикова.-СПб.:Питер, 2016.-336 с.-( серия «Николай Стариков рекомендует прочитать») ISBN 978-5-496-01795-4Царствование Императора Николая 2/ Сергей Ольденбург.-М.:Центрполиграф, 2022.-654 с. ISBN 978-5-227-09905-1История России, которую приказали забыть. Нико- лай II и его время; [5-е издание] / А. А. Борисюк. - М.: Вече, 2023. - 160 с. ISBN 978-5-4484-3841-7 East Prussian campaign (German victory) Battle of Stallupönen (Russian victory) Battle of Orlau (Russian victory) Battle of Kaushen (Russian victory) Battle of Gross-Bresau (Russian victory) Battle of Gumbinnen (Russian victory) Battle of Tannenberg (German victory) Destruction of Kalisz (City destroyed) Battle of Galicia (Decisive Russian victory) Battle of Kraśnik (Austro-Hungarian victory) Battle of Komarów (1914) (Austro-Hungarian victory) Battle of the Zolota Lypa (Russian victory) Battle of Gnila Lipa (Russian victory) Battle of Rawa (Key Russian victory) Battle of Gorodek (1914) (Russian victory) Halich-Lviv offensive (Russian victory) Battle of Jaroslawice (Russian victory) Battle of Laski and Anielin (Russian victory) Battle of Mołotków (Russian victory) First Battle of the Masurian Lakes (German victory) Battle of Augustów (1914) (Russian victory) Second Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) (Russian victory) Battle of the Vistula River (Decisive Russian victory) Battle of Łódź (1914) (Russian tactical victory; German strategic victory) Battle of the San river (Russian victory) Battle of Limanowa (Central powers victory) Battle of the Four Rivers (Russian victory) Battle of the Lupovsky Pass (Russian victory)
Campaign of 1915 (Central powers victory, however, the Germans are unable to bring Russia out of the war. Russians return a wide strip to Galicia) Battle of Pakoslaw (Russian victory) Battle of Carpathians (Russian victory) Siege of Przemysl (Russian victory) (Russian victory) Battle for Height 958 (Russian victory) Battle of Bolimov (Indecisive) First Battle of Przasnysz (Russian victory) Battle of Łomża (Partial Russian victory) Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes (German victory) Easter battle at Kalvarija (Indecisive) Second Battle of the Vistula River (Russian victory) Great Retreat (Russian) (German victory) Gorlice–Tarnów offensive (Central powers victory) Battle of Syniava (Russian victory) Vistula–Bug offensive (German victory) Bug–Narew Offensive (German victory) Skoropadsky's attack under Kraupishken (Russian victory)Воспоминания : Конец 1917 - декабрь 1918 / Павел Скоропадский; [вступ. ст. В.Г. Черкасова-Георгиевского]. - М. : ПРОЗАиК, 2019. - 315, с., с. ил. ISBN 978-5-91631-282-9 Second battle of Przasnysz (German Tactical victory, Russian strategic victoryКорольков Г. К. Несбывшиеся Канны. –М., 1926.С. 36) Attack of the Dead Men (Russian victory) March on Grubeshov (Russian victory) Battle of Dniestr and Zolota Lypa (Partial Russian victory) Riga–Šiauliai offensive (German victory) Siege of Kaunas (German victory) Siege of Novogeorgievsk (German victory) Strypa offensive (Central powers major victory) Prut operation (Russian victory) Battle of Smorgon (Russian victory) Battle of Zurvno (Russian victory) Vilno-Dvinsk offensive (Key Russian victory) Sventiany Offensive (Indecisive) Campaign of 1916 (Russian victory; recapture Galicia and Bukovina; the Russians are forcing the Germans to stop the attacks on Verdun by their actions) Lake Naroch Offensive (Tactical German victory; strategic Entente victory) Baranovichi offensive (Central powers victory) Brusilov Offensive (Russian victory) Battle of Lutsk (Russian victory) Battle of Kostiuchnówka (Russian victory) Battle of Kowel (Central powers victory)
Campaign of 1917 (Central powers victory) Christmas Battles (Russian victory) Kerensky Offensive (Central powers victory) Battle of Zborov (1917) (Entente victory) Battle of Borders (Russian victory; Central Powers retreat on Austria territory) Riga offensive (1917) (German victory)
Central Powers intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918)
(Central Powers victory, End of the eastern front and Central Powers occupation of Western Russia)
Finnish Civil War Battle of Kämärä (Red victory) Battle of Vilppula (White victory) Battle of Oulu (White victory) Battle of Ruovesi (Red victory) Battle of Tornio (1918) (White victory) Battle of Antrea (Red withdrawal) Invasion of Åland (1919 Ålandic status referendum) Battle of Varkaus (White victory) Battle of Rautu (White victory) Battle of Tampere (White victory) Battle of Länkipohja (White victory) Battle of Lempäälä (White victory) Battle of Ahvenkoski (White victory) Battle of Helsinki (Central powers and White victory) Battle of Hyvinkää (Central powers victory) Battle of Lahti (White victory) Battle of Hämeenlinna (White victory) Battle of Viipuri (White victory) (Red victory) Battle of Syrjäntaka (Red victory) Battle of Rarańcza (Polish victory) Operation Faustschlag (Decisive central powers victory; end of Eastern front) Battle of Pskov (1918) Battle of Bakhmach (Allied victory) Crimea Operation (1918) (German-Ukrainian victory) (Ukrainian victory) Sivash breakthrough (Ukrainian victory) Battle of the Salt Lake (Ukrainian victory)Громенко С. В. Забута перемога. Кримська операція Петра Болбочана 1918 року. Стр 103 Battle of Sevastopol (1918) (German-Ukrainian victory) Battle of Dibrivka (Insurgent victory)
Romanian Campaign (1916–1918)
(part of Eastern front)
1916
Romanian campaign (1916) Battle of Transylvania (Central Powers victory)