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31. Artillery barrages were many times so concentrated that it was impossible to make out individual explosions.

32. Artillery duels echoed throughout the Alps as Italian and Austro Hungarian fortresses lobbed shells over the highest peaks.

33. As a defender, you can interact with the telegraph to call down artillery on spotted enemy soldiers!

34. As a pilot, try to place yourself between the sun and the enemy. This puts the glare of the sun in the enemy's eyes and makes it difficult to see you and impossible for him to shoot with any accuracy. -dicta Boelke

35. As an attacker, you must capture and hold all flags within a sector for it to fail.

36. As most armies faced a shortage of pistols two of mankind's most primitive killing tools came into play - the club and the knife.

37. As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden.

38. As the French pursued the Germans past Soissons, the bridges over the Aisne river became critical to offensives.

39. As the front moved and the war spread, many chateaus became scenes of vicious battles.

40. As the war on the Western Front turned to stalemate, cavalrymen had to dismount and follow their comrades into the trenches.

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41. As the weather changes, you must change your playstyle accordingly.

42. As war continued, bigger cannons (75 mm) were fitted to planes in many different configurations that allowed for new roles supporting ground troops but also special missions like submarine hunting.

43. At 5.20am on October 17, 1918, the Battle of the Selle began with a rolling barrage followed by infantry and 48 tanks.

44. At Cambrai in 1917 the British attacked with more than 370 tanks together with 300 planes buzzing and covering the sound of the tanks.

45. At Gallipoli, The ANZACS used "Periscope Rifles" that could be aimed while remaining in the trenches.

46. At the Battle of Hamel and the Battle of Amiens 288 tanks fought alongside the British forces.

47. At the beginning of the war, Great Britain, not Germany, had the most submarines, 74 in service and 34 under construction. Germany had just 28 in service and 17 under construction. In fact, France and Russia also had more submarines in service than Germany early in the war.

48. At the outbreak of World War One Canada had 8 million people. Some 3600 died of them at Vimy Ridge. At Passchendaele another 4000 would perish in the mud.

49. Attack the objectives as a team. Support each other as a squad. Playing lone-wolf for kills won't help your team win the match.

50. Austria-Hungary issued recruitment posters in 15 different languages.

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51. Avalanches in the Alps during World War One killed more troops than all poisonous gas combined.

52. Before Allied forces finally captured the town at Passchendaele in November 1917, many soldiers were sucked under and drowned, and guns, tanks and horses also sank in the mud.

53. Before radio communication could be developed for pilots, they would often have to fly along railway lines and try to read the names of stations to figure out where they were.

54. Before the start of the Somme offensive, there was no doubt of victory, given that the Germans were held up at Verdun.

55. Beneath the Chemin des Dames ridge lies an almost one-square-kilometer cave network called "The Dragon's Lair", used by both sides as underground shelter. Cracks from artillery can still be seen in the cliffs.

56. Big Bertha was the name of the famous, fortress-breaking 42 cm German heavy howlitzer.

57. Bipods are activated automatically when prone, peeking over cover or standing behind cover.

58. Bolt-action rifles were the most common weapon in the Great War. However, artillery claimed more lives than any other weapon in the conflict.

59. Britain claimed that Germany's violation of Belgian neutrality was the reason for Britain joining the war, yet one year later Britain would station tens of thousands of troops in Salonika, violating Greek neutrality.

60. British General Allenby ordered the creation of a new air force at the Suez Canal, and the No. 5 and No. 40 Wings of the Royal Flying Corps, known as the Palestine Brigade, were created.

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61. British major-general J.F.C Fuller invented the concept of "artificial moonlight" during WW1, using search lights to enhance conditions for night attacks by illuminating the bottom of clouds.

62. Brutal fighting finally forced the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian army and its retreat in late October 1918. Two thirds of the casualties of the offensive happened around Monte Grappa.

63. By fall 1918, many chateaus were just ruins much like the old aristocracy itself was.

64. Can't find the door? Create your own with destructible environments!

65. Canadian troops arrived in Passchendaele in October 1917, to relieve the battered ANZAC forces, who had already been fighting there for nearly three months.

66. Capturing certain flags will give additional vehicles to your team.

67. Certain weapons and gadgets require Class Rank in additon to Warbonds to unlock. Earn Class Ranks by playing as different Classes.

68. Cher Ami was a pigeon that flew a message from American troops cut off behind the enemy lines and under both friendly and enemy fire. The bird was shot through the chest and lost a leg but managed to deliver the message, saving the "Lost Battalion". Cher Ami was awarded the Croix de Guerre.

69. Chief of the German General Staff Falkenhayn named the plans to attack Verdun 'Unternehmen Gericht' - Operation Judgement.

70. Clubs have medium attack speed, deal medium damage, and have a medium-sized takedown zone.

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71. Codex Entries contain information about the world of Battlefield 1. The information within might give you an edge.

72. Collect Dog Tags from enemies by killing them with a melee weapon.

73. Containing bright burning chemicals and a non-flammable parachute, "star shells" were special artillery rounds used at night to illuminate the battlefield, or to pass on messages via different colors.

74. Contrary to popular belief, fighting on the western & eastern front a lot the times claimed all spaces and a lot of fighting took place in forests.

75. Controlling the Suez Canal was key to the British Empire. Millions of troops heading to Europe, and British oil from Persia being shipped through the canal.

76. Daylight savings time was invented during the war to save up coal.

77. Decelerate while turning for tighter turns.

78. Desert fighting was very different from the battlefields of Europe, though tanks made their appearance even here at the Second Battle of Gaza.

79. Despite its many operational problems, the British first viewed the French Le Prieur rocket as the ideal weapon to bring down airships.

80. Despite the huge loss of lives at Verdun it still regarded as victory for France and large number of French cities got a street named Rue du Verdun.

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81. Douaumont was the biggest fort at Verdun, but it was also a village that was completely destroyed. Douaumont evolved from latin and means the Devine Mountain.

82. Drag slows down bullets over distance and makes extreame long range sniping ineffective.

83. Due to the Russian revolution in 1917 Germany transferred hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened troops from the Eastern to the Western Front.

84. During a Bayonet Charge, you sprint faster and can take more damage, but you also have decreased movement sensitivity.

85. During allied counter-offensives in the summer of 1918 the Saint Chamond and FT tanks found suitable open ground.

86. During the "Bloody April" of 1917, the lifetime of British and French pilots could be measured in hours.

87. During the 1918 Battle of Vittorio Veneto on the Italian front some 700 Italian, French and British aircraft faced around 500 Austrian and German enemies in the air.

88. During the spring of 1918 around 40000 Italian soldiers were sent to help out on the western front, where they fought well.

89. During the spring offensive in 1918 the Germans advanced further than anyone had since 1914.

90. During the war, many French chateaus fell into German hands, where they often housed generals and high ranking staff members, who lived in luxury.

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91. During their Spring Offensive in 1918, German forces had crossed the River Aisne, capturing important bridges and heading towards Soissons. Here, the old trenches, now overgrown and abandoned, still spoke of the fighting of 1914.

92. Each year, more than 150 tons of unexploded shells are found in the fields of Northern France.

93. Earn Warbonds by ranking up. Warbonds are used to unlock new weapons, gadgets, vehicle patterns and much more.

94. Earned Dog Tags can be equipped in the Dog Tag menu.

95. Edith Cavell was a British nurse who helped 200 Allied soldiers escape occupied Belgium before being captured and executed. She became a martyr to the British and a symbol of the war effort.

96. Elite Classes can be found and picked up on the map.

97. Enabling: Vehicle Passenger Control - Decouple Aiming From Turning gives gunners better aiming while in Aim view

98. Even today - one hundred years after the battle of Verdun - the ground surrounding the battlefield is contaminated with the remains of steel shrapnel and 200000 soldiers that were never found.

99. Even today, a hundred years later "Disfatta di Caporetto" translated "The Caporetto disaster" is used as an expression and reference in Italy when describing a total defeat.

100. Factory and infantry weapons have indirect bonuses to recoil and spread recovery not shown in weapon comparison.

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101. Field guns are devastating against enemy vehicles and occupied structures.

102. Find a good defensive position when writing the message!

103. Find enemy, kill enemy & repeat. Team Deathmatch is all about the kills!

104. Flamethrowers were used in the early stages of the Great War and spread terror amongst the soldiers.

105. Flying Aces were the rock stars of their time. They would receive thousands of pieces of fan mail and would autograph photo portraits of themselves for their admirers.

106. For much of the war the frontline cut through the "lost villages" of Champagne-Ardenne; Hurlus, Perthe-les-Hurlus, le Mesnil-les-Hurlus, Ripont and Tahure - which were all obliterated and never rebuilt.

107. For the soldiers who fought at Passchendaele, it was known as the 'Battle of Mud'.

108. For your own safety, you will spawn farther away from flags that have enemies close by.

109. Fort Vaux changed hands several time during the battle of Verdun.

110. Four empires ceased to exist by the end of the war, the German, the Austro-Hungarian, the Ottoman, and the Russian.

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111. French and British forces were backed by more than 330 aircraft and nearly 3000 cannons at the Somme.

112. French casualties at Gallipoli were the same as those of the ANZACS, around 28000.

113. French casualties at the Somme battle are commemorated at the vast military cemetery at Rancourt - an importance site of French remembrance.

114. French generals and their troops learned to adapt and develop techniques which eventually led to victory.

115. Fritz Haber, who was most responsible for weaponized gas in World War One, and whose work would be the basis for Zyklon B in World War Two, won the Nobel Prize in 1919 for his process that mass-produced nitrogen fertilizers.

116. From 1917, German night bombers were painted in the irregular lozenge camouflage pattern, which was intended to create an optical illusion of the background color merging with the pattern.

117. Gas Grenades can be used to gain the edge in an assault, or as an area denial weapons. Use them to gain the advantage against a defensive force.

118. General Cadorna blamed his troops to cover his own errors, he simply could not understand how the enemy could have achieved breakthrough so easily. It seemed to him to be the only logical explanation. He did not win the popularity contest.

119. German engineers went in advance to dig wells in the Sinai desert to supply the Ottoman forces en route to attack the Suez Canal.

120. German high command had the ambition that the battle at Verdun would be the decisive battle of the Great War.

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121. German morale remained high during the Hundred Days Offensive, with massive casualties inflicted on both sides.

122. German Pilot Gunther Plüschow downed a Japanese Airplane with his Luger Pistol, the first time a pilot ever shot down another plane. He was also the only German POW to escape Britain and make it back to Germany.

123. German pioneers managed to do coordinated attacks on Fort Vaux and entered through the casemates by grenade successful grenade spamming.

124. German U-35 was the most successful submarine of the war and sank 224 ships for a total of 539741 gross register tons.

125. German wives exchanged their golden wedding rings for rings made out of iron to help the German war economy. They were inscribed with the words "I gave gold for iron".

126. Germany brought in a special artillery conductor known as 'Breakthrough Muller' to conduct the 10000 artillery guns used at the start of Operation Michael.

127. Germany gave 20000 rifles and a million rounds of ammunition to Irish nationalists in an attempt to convince Ireland to join the war against Britain.

128. Grenades came in many shapes and forms, discs, potato shaped, cylinders attached to sticks, some fired from rifles but the hand grenade became the most popular version.

129. Help your teammates, and yourself, by spotting enemies.

130. Hills like Cote 304 and Mort Homme, the "Dead man's hill", became lasting synonyms for the truly unbelievable slaughter there.

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131. Hold a majority of the flags to win the match.

132. Holding & defending a captured flag is key to victory as an attackter!

133. If you are sprinting with a weapon equipped with a bayonet, you can tap the melee button to enter a powerful Bayonet Charge.

134. If you attack with a melee weapon and you are inside the takedown zone, you will automatically perform a takedown.

135. If you don't kill anyone with your Bayonet Charge, you will get a run and sprint speed penalty during the cooldown period.

136. If you kill an enemy rider, you can steal the horse to gain access to the full arsenal of cavalry weapons for as long as you stay on the horse.

137. If you let go of sprint immediately after activation, you will perform a short Bayonet Charge. Keep sprinting for a longer charge.

138. If you spawn onto a horse as a true Cavalry class, you will gain the benefit of armored plating on your rider.

139. If you successfully retreat as a defender after a sector has fallen, you will regain full ammo & health.

140. If your next melee swing would deal enough damage to kill your opponent, you will automatically perform a takedown instead of a normal swing.

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141. In 1914 British forces moved to capture the Ottoman controlled Al-Faw Peninsula, and the ancient Fortress of Fao was the main Ottoman stronghold there.

142. In 1916 nearly half the British population went to the cinemas to watch "The Battle of the Somme" - it remains one of the most watched films in British cinema history.

143. In 1917, the Italians halted the Austrian summer offensive at the very peak and by December the Austrians had been pushed off the mountain.

144. In early 1915 the Ottomans crossed the Sinai Desert to attack the canal - a feat that had been thought impossible.

145. In late 1918 thirteen German AV7 tanks appeared and broke through the British defensive lines, threatening Amiens.

146. In New York 1916 German spies were blamed for the "Black Tom" explosion shattering all windows on lower Manhattan, damaging the statue of Liberty. The blast equaled a 5.5 earth quake.

147. In preparation for the Battle of Malmaison, French super-heavy artillery fired on the Chemin des Dames with exceptional accuracy. On October 21, an observer reported that a gun fired consecutive shells into the same hole.

148. In preparation of the Battle of the Somme, the British and French marshaled over 1300 artillery pieces and fired 2000000 shells on German positions.

149. In preparation to attack Verdun Falkenhayn's men spent seven weeks constructing new railway lines, assembling heavy concrete bunkers to house troops, and stockpiling more than 1200 artillery pieces.

150. In the autumn of 1917, right before the start of the Battle of Malmaison, French and German troops still fought over the Butte de Tahure, ceaselessly attacking each other in night time trench raids.

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151. In the desert British tanks bearing names like Pincher, Sir Archibald, and War Baby had room to maneuver and to use the speed of their engines to the fullest.

152. In the first eight days of the Somme, roughly 1.7 million rounds of artillery were fired at the German lines, at Messines one year later 3.2 million shells entered the ongoing apocalypse.

153. In the initial battle for Fort Vaux - the French casualties were roughly 100 men whereas the Germans lost 2600 soldiers. However, when the French lost the fort their counter attacks proved equally costly.

154. In the Middle East, the rebels of the Arab Revolt and their Ottoman adversaries relied on the speed and endurance of their horses and camels.

155. In total, some 40 million shells were fired over the course of the entire battle of Verdun.

156. Irish troops served not only on the Western Front, but even fought Bulgarians in the Balkans.

157. Ironically, when the fighting moved out of the trenches and into open ground in 1918 it was far deadlier than during previous trench warfare. It was now obvious that the trenches had saved lives.

158. It was rare for soldiers to be at the frontline more than five days. Those five days could still be hell.

159. Italy developed the MAS - the anti-submarine motorboat. Made of plywood and only useful in calm water, they were still faster than any other warship and carried depth charges, torpedoes, and mines.

160. J. R. R. Tolkien took part in the battle of the Somme. It is a subject of debate whether or not his experiences of No Man's Land and the hell of the battlefields influenced his writing on the Lord of the Rings.

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161. JRR Tolkien, Wilfred Owen and H.tl.r all took part in the Battle of the Somme.

162. K Bullets damage all vehicles. When close enough, they even damage tanks. Not recommended for use against infantry.

163. Knives are the fastest melee weapons with the largest takedown zones, but they deal the least amount of damage with each swing.

164. Konrad Adenauer, who would be German Chancellor after World War Two, invented the soy sausage during World War One as a cheaper alternative to meat during food shortages.

165. Lasting some nine months Verdun is the longest battle history has ever known.

166. Lead your target, rather than aiming directly at your enemies.

167. Learn about how use each of your weapons: the PLAYER/VEHICLE HIT scoring event will let you know how much damage your bullets are doing.

168. LMGs become very inaccurate after the first shot and then regain accuracy, meaning they are best used for sustained fire.

169. Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière famously made 14 voyages with the German submarine U-35 and sank 189 merchant ships, 2 gunboats, and the troop carrier SS Gallia, earning the Iron Cross first class and the Pour Le Merite, Germany's highest medals. He was the most successful submarine ace in history.

170. Lt General Sir Julian Byng commanded the Canadian Corps and his Canadian troops called themselves "the Byng Boys".

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171. Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal took command of Fort Vaux on the 24th of may 1916. His garrison set up makeshift defenses inside the fort and heroically defended the interiors.

172. Many armies experimented with "night sights" for rifles and other weapons, utilizing small amounts of fluorescent and radioactive radium on the sights to improve night time target acquisition.

173. Many melee weapons have alternate uses on the battlefield, such as cutting barbed wire, destroying barricades, or even damaging light vehicles.

174. Many wartime fortresses in the Italian mountains are still there and have been converted into museums.

175. Many weapons allow you to customize their recoil bias to your liking. This has no influence on weapon performance itself, only on how well you can use it.

176. Match Bonus points are awarded for completing a round. In certain game modes, even the losing team will receive a minor bonus.

177. Medals consist of several stages that need to be completed in order. Each stage will award you a substantial amount of points.

178. Melee weapon categories differ in attack speed, damage, and how large their takedown zone is.

179. Melting Glaciers in the Alps frequently reveal remains of WW1 soldiers.

180. Momčilo Gavrić was, at eight years of age, the youngest soldier of the war. He joined a Serbian artillery division after his family was killed in 1914.

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181. Monte Grappa occupied a strategic position on the Asiago Plateau, overlooking the gateway to the plains of Veneto.

182. Mortars came in various different sizes in the World War 1 and were widely used by all belligerents. Sizes ranged from small portable mortars, to big siege mortars that had a range beyond 2000 meters.

183. Most casualties in World War 1 were caused by artillery, not by the machine gun or gas.

184. Most of the equipment, tanks and planes used by the Americans in World War One was French.

185. Most Scout weapons deal more damage from a distance than in close quarters.

186. Mount Grappa- by then the symbol for Italy's defense- would play a huge part in the final Italian offensive of the war, on Vittorio Veneto.

187. New Medals are received every week, so keep an eye on the remaining time before expiration.

188. Nocturnal attacks on the enemy trenches were often carried out during moonlit nights.

189. Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, but history recalls the horror in one word: Passchendaele, has come to symbolize the Great War for many.

190. On the eve of the battle, the Italian Army held a paper-thin deployment against on enemy whose tactics were specifically developed to punch holes in even the deepest defensive systems. The stage for disaster was set.

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191. Once Italy joined the war, the Italian and Austro-Hungarian navies faced each other across the Adriatic Sea in a deadlock.

192. Once past the first line trenches, the columns of the German infantry continued to drive into the enemy rear without stopping to secure their flanks. This resulted in cutting the Italian lines of communication and the disaster unfolded.

193. One of the allied pilots wrote in a letter "I take my hat off to Voss, he was the bravest fellow and the best scrapper I have ever met".

194. Operation Michael would be the first battle of the new offensive, and was to punch through the British 5th Army and outflank the 3rd near St. Quentin.

195. Over a million troops from India served in the war.

196. Philippe Pétain was hailed as the heroic defender of Verdun and the savior of France in World War One. In World War Two he was condemned as the traitor who sold France to the *.

197. Pilots, help your gunner by considering their line of sight while flying

198. Poison gas was first used by the German army at Ypres in 1915, though both the French and Germans had used tear gas earlier in the war.

199. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Estonia emerged as independent countries in mainland Europe after the war.

200. Promises were made 100 hundred years ago that we would never forget the sacrifice by everyone involved in the Great War. New polls suggest we are.

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201. Raids were sent out in advance to report if the preliminary bombardment had broken the barbed wire by the German lines at the Somme. The reports were ambiguous.

202. Records show that mines were very effective against tanks during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive where 15% of all American tank casualties were due to the AT-mines.

203. Remember to defend your flags!

204. Reviving a teammate stems the losses of your team reinforcements.

205. Russia left the war following the November Revolution and installation of a communist government in 1917. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk made it official March 3, 1918.

206. Self-Loading Rifles become inaccurate when fired too quickly.

207. Self-repair is interrupted when a vehicle takes damage. This means that even small amounts of damage matter.

208. Service Stars are awarded for 100 kills with each weapon, vehicle, and much more. Each Service Star can be obtained 100 times.

209. Several armies had bicycle battalions during the war. Among their many duties they served as scouts, messengers, and ambulance carriers.

210. Shellshock was the term used for stress-induced neuroses in soldiers that were unable to cope with the experience of battle.

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211. SMGs are best used in short bursts.

212. Smoke, gas, and fumes made sleeping impossible, and forced the soldiers to fight in total darkness between the dead bodies in the narrow corridors.

213. Smokescreens were fired to conceal the slowly advancing tanks 478 tanks and infantry, but they still came under heavy German artillery fire as soon as their noise reached German positions.

214. Soissons fell on August 2 1918, and the German army was forced to withdraw behind the River Aisne.

215. Soldiers approaching the front at Verdun noticed a shifting sky and animated tongues of orange fire moving across the heavens.

216. Some early grenades in World War 1 were simple wooden boards wired and loaded with dynamite.

217. Some numbers indicate that over 7000 horses died at Verdun, per day.

218. Special night fighter aircraft with machine guns, search lights and rockets were developed to attack observation balloons or airships at night.

219. Sprint with the horse to automatically lean forward and make yourself a smaller target.

220. Squad up with medics for increased survivability. Getting revived earns you score.

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221. Standing still while writing the message will make the progress faster!

222. Tanks played a limited role during Passchendaele and the Third Battle of Ypres. Due to the rain and mud 77 had to be ditched and only 19 participated in the attritional battle.

223. Tanks were largely immune to small arms fire but could be damaged by field guns, mortars, K-bullets, Anti-Tank rifles, flamethrowers and the "Geballte Ladung" (Bunched Charge) - several German stick grenades bundled together.

224. The "Siegfriedlinie" was a new German system of defense in 1916. Witch bunkers 3-9 metres deep, concrete machine-gun posts, and a main combat zone of 2-3 kilometres, it was designed to withstand any breakthrough attempts.

225. The 12m deep "pool of peace" is a crater formed by the explosion of 45 tons of TNT from the mining operations at Messines Ridge in June 1917.

226. The Albatros was the pre-eminent fighter plane of 1917. This aircraft was flown by many aces including, Ernst Udet, Manfred von Richthofen and Kurt Wolff.

227. The Allies goal was the prevention of an operational Berlin-Baghdad railway for the Central Powers, who had already connected Berlin with Constantinople.

228. The ancient city Verdun was surrounded by a ring of underground fortresses protecting the heights in the area.

229. The area around St Quentin was covered in heavy fog as German Stormtroopers attacked effectively and captured all their objectives.

230. The Argonne Forest was a labyrinth, teeming with German machine gun defenses, bunkers and pillboxes.

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231. The attack on Fao Fortress was the first action of the Mesopotamian Campaign, which continued until the capture of Baghdad in 1917 relieved all British concerns about the safety of their oil.

232. The Austro - German infantry assault was greatly helped by the dense fog that provided them with cover until they were almost on top of the Italian trenches.

233. The Austro-Hungarian infantry did not attack in waves at Caporetto, but rather in agile columns that allowed the Germans to achieve local numerical superiority at those places where they wanted to achieve a breakthrough.

234. The Austro-Hungarians were reinforced by German troops, artillery and innovative tactics that surprised the Italians at Caporetto.

235. The battle around Fismes and the Vesle river is unique because of the street fighting that occurred. During a month it would change hands five times.

236. The battle cry 'Ils ne passeront pas!' - meaning 'They shall not pass' was forged by French General Robert Nivelle.

237. The Battle of Jutland was the biggest naval battle of the war. 250 British and Germans combat ships clashed in the North Sea.

238. The Battle of Malmaison, 23-27 October, was the final French assault of 1917. It was a successful operation that showed the combined arms formula for the large offensives of 1918.

239. The Battle of Passchendaele was really a series of engagements with the one objective of taking Passchendaele Village and its Ridge.

240. The battle of Soissons in 1918 featured a French armada with over 470 tanks and attack planes in a combined attack.

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241. The battle of Soissons was an attempt to eliminate the german salient that was aimed at Paris.

242. The Battle of the Selle was launched with the intent of crossing the Selle river and getting within artillery range of the vital German railway center at Aulnoye.

243. The Battle of the Somme in 1916 lasted four months and produced 1.2 million casualties. The Brusilov Offensive, also in 1916, lasted just over 3 months and produced 1.8 million.

244. The battle of the Somme included the first use of tanks in warfare. With their assistance, the British and overran German positions at the edge of Delville Wood.

245. The Battle of the Somme left over one million dead and wounded on all sides. Lest we Forget.

246. The battle of the Somme was preceded by a seven-day bombardment firing 1.7m shells, to little overall effect. The German lines were extremely deep and extremely well made, protecting them from artillery fire.

247. The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of the war, lasting from February to December 1916.

248. The Bayonet Charge has a short cooldown period during which time you cannot perform another Bayonet Charge.

249. The behemoth will become available if your team is losing by a large margin.

250. The Belgian Armored Car Division fought on the Eastern Front, using modified Peugeots and Mors Minervas. They were stranded by the Russian Revolution and had to make their way home eastward by the Trans-Siberian railway.

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251. The bolt-action rifle was the most common weapon in WW1 but artillery was the biggest killer.

252. The bombers are slower than other planes, but can deal devastating damage if they get to the behemoth.

253. The British agreed that they would support the Arabs, since they could harass the Ottoman Army in their own backyard, drawing their attention away from British defenses in the Suez Canal.

254. The British also financially and materially helped the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans that grew in strength throughout the region, and when Damascus fell the revolt was complete.

255. The British Army transported two boats through the jungle to fight the Germans on Lake Tanganyika.

256. The British developed the first tracer rounds in 1915, containing flammable material leaving a phosphorescent trail, making trajectories visible at night. Incendiary ammunition also proved highly effective against Zeppelins.

257. The British Empire controlled 25% of the earth surface at the outbreak of World War One.

258. The British gun carrier Mk.1, using the same mechanical parts as the Mark 1 tank, was the first piece of self-propelled artillery ever built.

259. The British nicknamed the German A7V tank "The Moving Fortress".

260. The British Phonetic Alphabet was developed for the emerging technology of the telephone. In order to be accurate, letters were replaced with recognisable words to reduce miscommunication. "A" became "Apples", "B" became "Butter".

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261. The British Stokes Mortar was the answer to the German Minenwerfer. Easy to use and surprisingly precise, it was a perfect weapon to be fired from inside the trenches and was light enough to be quickly carried into an attack.

262. The British Vickers Machine Gun was in service from 1912 to 1968 and served in over 20 armies.

263. The bullet of a German T-Gewehr measured 13.2 x 92mm and weighed 51.5g - they were initially meant to be used in an anti-tank and anti-aircraft machine gun.

264. The Butte de Tahure (ridge of Tahure) was the main objective of the allied autumn offensive of 1915, with heavy fighting for Tahure village and nearby "Tooth brush" wood and Navarin farm.

265. The cannons on the side of the Mark V tank was a deliberate design to allow the tank to fire into the trenches it was passing.

266. The Centro-Caspian Dictatorship was a nation that briefly emerged from the chaos of the war and the Russian revolution in mid 1918.

267. The Chauchat light machine gun has an internet reputation of being the worst gun ever. Those who look beyond headlines know this is not true.

268. The Chemin des Dames (the "ladies' path") got its name in the 18th century from being a route taken by Lous XV's daughters; Adélaïde and Victoire.

269. The commander of the FT Tank in the turret would kick the driver in the head if he wanted to stop, or kick him in the back if he wanted to move forward. Repeated kicks in the head meant the driver should back up.

270. The defenders barricaded themselves behind sandbags and for nearly 5 days French grenadiers and machine-gunners held their own in vicious close combat fighting.

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271. The Eastern Front was 1600km long, stretching from St. Petersburg in the North to the Black Sea in the South.

272. The F2B also known as the "BRISFIT", was the main 2 seater reconnaissance plane of the Royal Flying Corps.

273. The famous exotic dancer Mata Hari was a spy during World War 1. She was executed by the French in 1917.

274. The first airmail was mail sent by plane from Austrian troops inside Przemysl Fortress- under siege by the Russians- to Austrian High Command.

275. The first tank-on-tank battle in history happened in the vicinity of Amiens on April 24th 1918.

276. The fluidity of "semi-mobile" warfare during the Hundred Days Offensive depended on command and control being delegated to divisional and brigade commanders.

277. The French and Americans attacked to the south at Château-Thierry, aiming at driving a wedge between the German defenses and forcing them back over the river.

278. The French Army was the linchpin of the entire Allied effort.

279. The French Blue Devils, The Italian Arditis and the German Stormtroopers using the radical Hutier infiltration tactics, a new aggressive combat style that saw the light of day during the Great War.

280. The French built an entire fake Paris, complete with lights, arch de Triomphe and the Opera towards the end of the war to fool German Bombers.