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Too many to accurately count. Part of the problem with counting "battles" in modern wars is that the boundary (in time, locality, and scope) is very fuzzy - it is hard to define when a specific battle begins or ends, what areas it actually takes place over, and is it part of a larger battle or campaign. The very definition of "battle" is practically useless in the context of massive conflicts like WW1.

Battles were no longer short (1-3 day) affairs, taking place in a narrowly-defined area. We give names to certain areas and times as being "Battle of X", but that's merely convention, with no real sharp deliniation between start, end, and location. It's hard to draw lines around distinct combat occurances in a conflict such as WW1, where combat covered thousands of square miles and where the action ebbed and flowed continuously for 5 years.

Going by strictly "named" battles, WW1 has over 100, which are too numerous to list here.

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