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Alexy Brusilov Offensive Biography and Timeline

Follow Alexy Brusilov Offensive through 16 dated historical records for Russia.

Alexy Brusilov Offensive, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1915–1917Years on this page

1915

Brusilov Offensive

General · Warfare / World War, 1st

Formulates the idea for the Brusilov Offensive. At the GHQ in front of the Tsar advocates an attack on all fronts

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Pripet Marshes · Warfare / World War, 1st

The 3rd & Eighth Armies attack the Austrian 4th south of the Pripet Marshes. The Austrians are routed

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Warfare / World War, 1st

The plan to attack all fronts is changed as General Evert decides to support Brusilov

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Carpathians · Warfare / World War, 1st

The 7th Army thrusts deep into Bukovina & within 3 weeks reaches the Carpathians

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Germans are forced to end their Verdun Operation. The Brusilov Offensive ends with half a million Russian casualties. The attempt to drive Austria out of the war fails

Role range: 1914-1918

1916

Brusilov Offensive

General · Lake Naroch · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Russians attack Lake Naroch under French pressure to divert forces from Verdun

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Somme · Warfare / World War, 1st

Russia has 130 Divisions for an offensive coinciding with Anglo-French attacks on the Somme

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Warfare / World War, 1st

Forwarded after an appeal from the Italian King after the invasion of Italy by Austria

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Offensive is halted, the Russians had taken 450,000 prisoners but lost 1,000,000

Role range: 1914-1918

1917

Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief by the provisional Government

Provisional Government

Commander in Chief · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief by the provisional Government

Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief · Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander in Chief by the provisional Government

Role range: 1914-1918

Provisional Government

Commander in Chief · Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander in Chief by the provisional Government

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Russians defeat the Austrians but the Germans again come to their rescue

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Riga · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Germans capture Riga

Role range: 1914-1918

Brusilov Offensive

General · Brest Litovsk · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Russian Army has disintegrated & Lenin seeks an armistice at Brest Litovsk

Role range: 1914-1918

Records, sources and methodology

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