Vistula–Bug offensive
| Vistula-Bug offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||
German summer offensive in the Eastern Front 1915 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Germany Austria-Hungary | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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A. von Mackensen A. von Linsingen Remus von Woyrsch |
Mikhail Alekseyev Nikolai Ivanov Leonid Lesh | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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11th Army 4th Army Army of the Bug 1st Army 2nd Army 4th Army |
3rd Army 4th Army 8th Army 13th Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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On 28 July 1915 Total: 1,193,768 men 2,475 guns 1,490 machine guns |
On 28 July 1915 Total: 1,078,897 men 2,933 guns 1,496 machine guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Total: 185,535 men German Empire: Total 93,474 men 24,984 KIA 63,699 WIA 4,791 MIA Austria-Hungary: Total 92,061 men 12,474 KIA 55,521 WIA 24,006 MIA |
Total 379,101 men 39,654 KIA 155,413 WIA 184,034 MIA | ||||||
The Vistula–Bug offensive from July 13 to August 28, 1915, was a major Central Powers offensive with the decisive role of the German Imperial Army during World War I on the Eastern Front to defeat the forces of the Russian army in South Poland and Galicia.