Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, World War I
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Poland
- Date: May 2-June 27, 1915
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in World War I. Result: German breakthrough in western Poland and Russian evacuation of Poland.
Facing stalemate on the western front, the German general staff attempted a breakthrough in the east. That task fell to General August von Mackensen’s Eleventh Army, situated between the Polish cities of Gorlice and Tarnow. Facing the Germans was the understrength Russian Third Army. The Third Army, led by General Radko Dimitriev, was filled with poorly trained troops and suffered from a deficiency in the number of guns...
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