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Battle Of Cârlibaba
The Battle of Cârlibaba was a battle of the Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern Front of the World War I, fought between 18 and 22 January 1915. It took place near the village of Cârlibaba, Kingdom of Romania, Romania near the Bistrița (Siret), Bistrița river. It was fought between the Russian Empire, and the Austria-Hungary. The battle ended with the victory of Austria-Hungarian forces. The Russian forces were commanded by Lucjan Żeligowski, while Austria-Hungarian, by Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, Emil Schultheiss, Zygmunt Zieliński (1858–1925), Zygmunt Zieliński, Marian Januszajtis-Żegota.Mieczysław Wrzosek, Polski czyn zbrojny podczas pierwszej wojny światowej 1914-1918, Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa 1990 References Battles of the Eastern Front (World War I) Battles of World War I involving Russia Battles of World War I involving Austria-Hungary Battles involving Hungary Battles of World War I involving Poland Conflicts in 1915 January 1915 in Europe 1915 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Front (World War I)
The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater, of World War I, was a theater (warfare), theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russian Empire, Russia and Kingdom of Romania, Romania on one side and Austria-Hungary, Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and German Empire, Germany on the other. It ranged from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, involved most of Eastern Europe, and stretched deep into Central Europe. The term contrasts with the Western Front (World War I), Western Front, which was being fought in Belgium and French Third Republic, France. Unlike the static warfare on the Western Front, the fighting on the geographically larger Eastern Front was maneuver warfare, more dynamic, often involving the flanking and encirclement of entire formations, and resulted in over 100,000 square miles of territory becoming occupied by a foreign power. At the start of the war Russia launched offensives agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
