The Gorlice–Tarnów offensive during World War I was initially conceived as a minor German offensive to relieve Russian pressure on the Austro-Hungarians...
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population of Gorlice grew to 6,000, but its development was halted by World War I. The city was the focal point of the German Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive during...
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Bialystok-Grodno District (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
German-controlled territory of Ober-Ost during World War I (after the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive). It was bordered by the Lithuania District to the north. The area...
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Tharnow. The name later evolved to Tarnowo (1229), Tarnów (1327), and Tharnow (1473). The place name Tarnów is widely used in different forms across Slavic...
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The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War. Beginning with the...
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Battle of Verdun (redirect from Verdun offensive)
defensive positions supported by a powerful artillery reserve. In the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive (1 May to 19 September 1915), the German and Austro-Hungarian Armies...
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head of the 6th Corps and the First Army. He participated on the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive in 1915 and the countryside of Romania in 1916. In March 1917,...
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The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western...
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not last long, and by mid-1915, the Russians retreated after the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive led by the Central Powers overall commander August von Mackensen...
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before their use in the West during the 1918 spring offensive. After the successful Gorlice–Tarnów offensive by Germany and Austria-Hungary from May to July...
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Karol Wojtyła (senior) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
he was transferred to Hranice in Moravia, and he fought in the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive in May 1915. In August 1915, he was appointed as an officer of...
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Great Retreat (Russia) (section Offensive)
blow to Russian morale. Following the German success with their Gorlice–Tarnów offensive, Hans von Seeckt proposed that August von Mackensen's Eleventh...
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Battle of the Somme (redirect from Somme Offensive)
Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World...
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The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign)...
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The Russians held Przemyśl until the summer of 1915 when the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive pushed back the Russian front in Galicia. Przemyśl stayed in Austro-Hungarian...
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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
tactics, logistics and coordination with the government. After the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive in 1915, Tsar Nicholas replaced the Grand Duke as commander-in-chief...
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troops outnumbered the Germans in manpower; in addition, as at Gorlice–Tarnów offensive, the German struck at the most powerful Russian army. At the same...
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Eugen von Falkenhayn (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
1914. His Corps fought in the Battle of Flandres, in the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów, in Serbia as part of the Austrian III Army under General Kövess. In...
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Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
served on the Eastern Front, where he distinguished himself in the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, the capture of the fortress Przemyśl and the campaign in Serbia...
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May 1915 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
October November December The following events occurred in May 1915: Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive – Combined German and Austro-Hungarian forces under command of...
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1915 Gorlice–Tarnów offensive allowed the Central Powers to invade Russian-occupied Poland. Despite the successful June 1916 Brusilov offensive against...
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defeat at Gorlice and Tarnów. When war came the Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf planned to launch an offensive into...
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Second Battle of the Marne (redirect from Aisne-Marne Offensive)
Battle of the Marne (French: Seconde Bataille de la Marne; 15 – 18 July 1918) was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World...
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Galicia, Przemyśl, the Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, both Battles of the Masurian Lakes, the Brusilov offensive, and the Kerensky offensive. After the October...
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Division area on the right flank but managed to retain Armentières. The offensive of the German 4th Army at Ypres and the Yser was made the principal German...
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The Brusilov offensive (Russian: Брусиловский прорыв Brusilovskiĭ proryv, literally: "Brusilov's breakthrough"), also known as the June advance, or Battle...
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Lehr Infantry Regiment (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
fighting in the Carpathians and Galicia and then participated in the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive. The Regiment returned to the Western Front with its Division in...
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Krasnik - Commander of the 1st Army in Galicia and during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive. Later made commander of the defense of Tyrol followed by command...
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Paul Puhallo von Brlog (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
Imperial German Army's 11th Army, the 3rd Army took part in the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive of May–June 1915, during which Puhallo was able to recapture the...
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The Nivelle offensive (16 April – 9 May 1917) was a Franco-British operation on the Western Front in the First World War which was named after General...
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