Twenty Largest Battles of the Great War by Size
All figures in 1000’s
Year | Location | Troops | Losses | % | Victor | |
Somme | 1916 | France | 4,500 | 1,055 | 23% | Entente |
1st Marne | 1914 | France | 2,556 | 155 | 6% | Entente |
Passchendaele (3rd Ypres) | 1917 | Belgium | 2,040 | 600 | 29% | Draw |
Verdun | 1916 | France | 1,950 | 700 | 36% | Entente |
Piave | 1918 | Italy | 1,725 | 205 | 12% | Entente |
2nd Marne | 1918 | France | 1,680 | 303 | 18% | Entente |
Vittorio Vento | 1918 | Italy | 1,635 | 120 | 7% | Entente |
Chemin des Dames (2nd Aisne) | 1917 | France | 1,365 | 350 | 26% | C Powers |
Lorraine | 1914 | France | 935 | nk | nk | C Powers |
Kolubara | 1915 | Serbia | 850 | 330 | 39% | Entente |
11th Isonzo | 1917 | Italy | 850 | 253 | 30% | Draw |
Lys (4th Ypres) | 1918 | Belgium | 825 | 240 | 29% | C Powers |
Gallipolli | 1915 | Turkey | 804 | 315 | 39% | C Powers |
Caporetto (12th Isonzo) | 1917 | Italy | 750 | 110 | 15% | C Powers |
Łódź | 1914 | Poland | 850 | 125 | 15% | Draw |
Warsaw | 1914 | Poland | 741 | 215 | 29% | Entente |
Ardennes Forest | 1914 | France | 741 | 25 | 3% | C Powers |
Gnila Lipa | 1914 | Poland | 707 | nk | nk | Entente |
1st Masurian Lakes | 1914 | Poland | 705 | 135 | 19% | C Powers |
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