Eastern Front WW1
Category: Other
Updated: 11 Apr 2021
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Created byAurelie Fontana
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Events
- 17 Aug. 1914 -
Russia invades east
Prussia and Galicia- 23 Aug. to 11 Sept. 1914 -
Battle of Galicia between
Russia and Austria - Hungary.
Russians capture Lemberg.- 26 to 30 Aug. 1914 -
Battle of Tannenberg in which
Germans launched a surprise
attack on a Russian army- 7 to 14 Sept. 1914 -
First Battle of Masurian Lake
in which a Russian army was
pushed out of German territory- 29 Oct. 1914 -
Ottoman Empire launched
a naval attack on Russia.
Entry of Ottoman Empire
in WW1.- 2 May to 22 June 1915 -
Gorlice Tarnow Offensive
in which the Central Powers
defeated a Russian army,
recaptured Galicia, and started
advancing into Russian terriroty- July to September 1915 -
The Great Retreat of 1915
in which Russian forces retreated
in order to shorten the front lines
and avoid encirclement of Russian
armies- 4 June to 20 Sept. 1916 -
Brusilov Offensive was launched
which was an attack by Russians
on Austro - Hungarian lines that
resulted in total number of A - H
casualties to reach 1M and forced
Germans to move collect troops
from the Western front to support
them- 18 Feb. to 3 March 1918 -
Operation Faustschlag was launched
by the Germans. Captured territory
in the Baltics, Belarus, and Ukraine.
Ended Russian participation in WW1.
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