Battle of Galicia

Battle of Galicia
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
Eastern Front, September 1914.
Date 23 August – 11 September 1914 Location Lemberg, Galicia (modern-day Lviv, Ukraine) 49°51′00″N 24°01′00″E / 49.8500°N 24.0167°E / 49.8500; 24.0167 Result Russian victory Full results 45%-50% of all Austrian manpower on the Eastern Front was destroyed, Russia had captured a large territory into the Kingdom of Hungary[1][2][3] Russia's victory forced Austria to withdraw troops from the Serbian front, which eventually helped the Serbs win the campaign[4] Creation General Government of Galicia and Bukovina Territorial changes Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia and Northern Bukovina
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Austro-Hungarian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Ivanov A. Y. von Saltza Aleksei Evert Pavel Plehve Nikolai Ruzsky Aleksei Brusilov	Franz Joseph I Archduke Friedrich Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf Viktor Dankl von Krasnik Moritz von Auffenberg Rudolf von Brudermann E. von Böhm-Ermolli H. K. von Kövessháza Heinrich von Kummer [de]
Units involved
Southwestern Front 3rd Army 4th Army 5th Army 8th Army	1st Army 3rd Army 4th Army Army group Kövess Army group Kummer
Strength
1,000,000[5] to 1,200,000	950,000
Casualties and losses
200,000–300,000: 40,000 captured	324,000–420,000: 100,000 dead 220,000 wounded 100,000–130,000 captured

The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia, while the Russians captured Lemberg (now Lviv) and, for approximately nine months, ruled Eastern Galicia until their defeat at Gorlice and Tarnów.