Alexy Brusilov Offensive14 April 1915
Formulates the idea for the Brusilov Offensive. At the GHQ in front of the Tsar advocates an attack on all fronts
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Formulates the idea for the Brusilov Offensive. At the GHQ in front of the Tsar advocates an attack on all fronts
The 3rd & Eighth Armies attack the Austrian 4th south of the Pripet Marshes. The Austrians are routed
The plan to attack all fronts is changed as General Evert decides to support Brusilov
The 7th Army thrusts deep into Bukovina & within 3 weeks reaches the Carpathians
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
The Russians attack Lake Naroch under French pressure to divert forces from Verdun
Russia has 130 Divisions for an offensive coinciding with Anglo-French attacks on the Somme
Forwarded after an appeal from the Italian King after the invasion of Italy by Austria
The Offensive is halted, the Russians had taken 450,000 prisoners but lost 1,000,000
The Russians defeat the Austrians but the Germans again come to their rescue
The Germans capture Riga
The Russian Army has disintegrated & Lenin seeks an armistice at Brest Litovsk
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