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→Great Battles of World War I
A subsidiary offensive of the 1916 [[Somme Offensive]], the Battle of Flers-Courcelette marked the debut of [[tanks]]. Twelve British divisions and 50 tanks charged into battle on September 11, 1916, but gained only a mile of ground. Although the tanks were impervious to small arms fire, they were extremely slow, difficult to navigate and often bogged down in the thick mud on the Western Front.<ref>http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/flers.htm</ref>
A subsidiary offensive of the 1916 [[Somme Offensive]], the Battle of Flers-Courcelette marked the debut of [[tanks]]. Twelve British divisions and 50 tanks charged into battle on September 11, 1916, but gained only a mile of ground. Although the tanks were impervious to small arms fire, they were extremely slow, difficult to navigate and often bogged down in the thick mud on the Western Front.<ref>http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/flers.htm</ref>
'''[[Battle of the Somme]]'''
'''[[Battle of the Somme]]'''
===War in the East===
===War in the East===
''' Brusilov Offensive '''
The Brusilov Offensive began on 4 June 1916 in spectacular fashion, demolishing the Austrian Fourth and Seventh Armies. The Austrians lost a staggering 1.5 million men (including 400,000 taken prisoner) and ceded some 25,000 square kilometres of ground.<ref>http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/brusilov.htm</ref>
With the launch of the Brusilov Offensive any hopes the Austrians harboured of bringing about victory in the east were extinguished. Austrian attacks in Italy ceased; and Romania finally entered the war with the Allies.
==== Russia Revolutions ====
==== Russia Revolutions ====
[[File:American troops in Siberia.PNG|right|350px|thumb|American troops pull platforms bearing coffins draped with U.S. flags in the Russian Far East in April 1920.<ref>https://www.rbth.com/history/330529-17-photos-revealing-all-1920</ref>]]
[[File:American troops in Siberia.PNG|right|350px|thumb|American troops pull platforms bearing coffins draped with U.S. flags in the Russian Far East in April 1920.<ref>https://www.rbth.com/history/330529-17-photos-revealing-all-1920</ref>]]