The Brusilov offensive (Russian: Брусиловский прорыв Brusilovskiĭ proryv, literally: "Brusilov's breakthrough"), also known as the "June advance", of June...
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Second Brusilov offensive took place in July–August 1916 on the Eastern Front during the First World War. As a result of the First Brusilov offensive in May–June...
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new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov offensive, which was his greatest achievement. Born into an aristocratic military family, Brusilov trained...
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Battle of the Somme (redirect from Somme Offensive)
which would assist the Russian armies conducting the Brusilov Offensive. The German offensive at Verdun was suspended in July, and troops, guns, and...
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offensives against the Germans in 1916 failed, including the Lake Naroch Offensive and the Baranovichi Offensive. However, General Aleksei Brusilov oversaw...
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include: Aleksei Brusilov (1853–1926), Russian cavalry general Brusilov Offensive, Russian offensive during World War I Georgy Brusilov (1884–c.1914), Russian...
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fighting Austria-Hungary, which had not fully recovered from the Brusilov offensive. The main attack was launched by the Seventh Army and Eleventh Army...
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Battle of Verdun (redirect from Verdun offensive)
with artillery. The stalemate was broken by the Brusilov Offensive and the Anglo-French relief offensive on the Somme, which Falkehayn had expected to begin...
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Paul von Hindenburg (section Brusilov Offensive)
collapse." After having their strength decimated by the Russians in the Brusilov Offensive, the Austro-Hungarian forces submitted their Eastern Front forces...
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Aleksei Evert (section Brusilov Offensive)
repeatedly delayed the terms of the offensive when the Brusilov Offensive occurred in the neighbouring front. The offensive originally planned to target Vilnius...
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command of the 8th Army on the Southwest Front, participated in the Brusilov offensive, and won the Battle of Lutsk. Kaledin spoke at the Moscow State Conference...
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1916. This was the opening attack of the Brusilov Offensive under the overall command of Alexei Brusilov. The Russian 8th Army made a decisive breakthrough...
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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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failure of his offensive strategy in the west at the Battle of Verdun, the opening of the Battle of the Somme, the Brusilov Offensive and the Romanian...
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intended to halt the Russian offensive under the command of General Aleksei Alekseevich Brusilov. The Brusilov offensive began on 4 June 1916, it was...
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Gorlice–Tarnów offensive allowed the Central Powers to invade Russian-occupied Poland. Despite the successful June 1916 Brusilov offensive against the Austrians...
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allies. The Germans themselves had few reinforcements to offer as the Brusilov offensive had taken its toll, and the Battle of the Somme was still raging....
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(part of the Austro-Hungarian Army) during the opening phase of the Brusilov Offensive. Polish forces, numbering 5,500–7,300, faced Russian forces numbering...
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"Austria-Hungary and the Brusilov Offensive of 1916". The Historian. 70 (1): 30–53. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00202.x. Brusilov, A. A. (1983). My Memories...
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western armies (Westheer) exhausted and on the Eastern Front, the Brusilov Offensive had inflicted huge losses on the Austro-Hungarian armies and forced...
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during World War I. They were initially formed in 1916 during the Brusilov offensive as special forces for infiltrating enemy lines, but in the spring...
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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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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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Battle of Saint-Mihiel (redirect from St. Mihiel Offensive)
lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was the first large offensive launched mainly by the United States Army in World War I, and the attack...
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Blitzkrieg (redirect from Blitz offensive)
Guderian. In 1916, General Alexei Brusilov had used surprise and infiltration tactics during the Brusilov Offensive. Later, Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky...
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The German spring offensive, or Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle"), also known as the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western...
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Western Front (World War I) (section Spring offensive)
fortifications along the German border known as the Maginot Line. "General Brusilov, situated on the Austro-German border, of the General Staff, still managed...
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1937) was a German general from Bavaria. He notably served in the Brusilov offensive of World War I. In 1871 Bothmer joined the Bavarian Army. He spent...
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43 into labor battalions for the service in support of the ongoing Brusilov Offensive. As a result, a revolt broke out on 3 July among the Muslim inhabitants...
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Operation Faustschlag (section Offensive)
as the Eleven Days' War, was a Central Powers offensive in World War I. It was the last major offensive on the Eastern Front. Russian forces were unable...
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