Battle of the Vistula River | |||||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||||
Russian infantry repels a night German attack on the Vistula | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
German Empire Austria-Hungary | Russian Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Paul von Hindenburg August von Mackensen Remus von Woyrsch Max von Gallwitz Viktor Dankl |
Sergei Sheydeman Nikolai Ruzsky Nikolai Ivanov Aleksei Evert Pavel Plehve | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
9th Army 1st Army |
2nd Army 4th Army 5th Army 9th Army | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Only combat troops:[1] Total 293,241 men Ninth Army: 133,000 infantry 8,000 cavalry 348 machine guns 837 guns First Army: 142,053 infantry 10,188 cavalry |
Only combat troops:[2] Total 473,842 men 447,737 infantry 26,105 cavalry 1,017 machine guns 2,065 guns | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Total: 150,000 Other estimate: Total:69,174:[5] German Army: 50,145 KIA, MIA, WIA | Total: 145,309 KIA, MIA, WIA[6] |
The Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw, was a Russian victory against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front during the First World War.
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