Battles of WWI

[Marcel]

I was at Ypress last week ( pictures will follow soon). All those battles there, the hundreds of thousands of dead for a mere few kilometres. Especially the 3rd battle around Passendale when the British generals were not even bothered to take a look at the muck they sent the troops to fight in. It made me wonder. WWI is well known for it's massive battles going on and on, way after the momentum was lost and with results incomparable with the costs.
So what battle do you think was the most pointless? The Somme? Passendale? The Dardanelles, Verdun? Any other?

 

[soulezoo]

Wow, there were a number of battles that fit the description all a testament to the futility of man at war. Very sad indeed. How about the first and second battles of the Marne? The first battle with over a half million dead blunted the German advance and doomed Europe to the stalemate of the next 4 years. The second ushered in the US and really put Germany on its death knell. Or final nail if you will.

 

[GrauGeist]

The first that come to mind is the Battle of Tannenberg (which had far reaching implications) or Gallipoli, but overall, I'd say the "Spring Offensive" which was a conglomerate of battles between March and July of 1918 that cost over a million and a half lives for little yeild.

 

[soulezoo]

Original question: "What battle was most pointless?"

Answer: "All of them".

 

[soulezoo]

My Grandfather fought in a few of the notable battles, including Ypres, before being wounded and sent home.