Carpathian Campaign

Battle of Carpathians
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
DateJanuary 23 – April 24 1915
Location
Result Russian victory[1][2][3]
Full results
  • Russia was able to protect the troops besieging Przemysl[4]
  • Attempt of the central powers to break the siege of Przemysl failed
Territorial
changes
Russians break through to the Hungarian plain[5]
Belligerents
Russian Empire  German Empire
 Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Ivanov
A. Y. von Saltza (WIA)
Radko Dimitriev
Aleksei Evert
Paul von Plehwe
Nikolai Ruzsky
Platon Lechitsky
Aleksei Brusilov
Austria-Hungary Archduke Friedrich
Austria-Hungary Conrad von Hötzendorf
Austria-Hungary Svetozar Boroević von Bojna
Austria-Hungary Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli
Austria-Hungary Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin
German Empire Alexander von Linsingen
Units involved
3rd Army
11th Army
8th Army
9th Army
Austria-Hungary 2nd Army
Austria-Hungary 3rd Army
Austria-Hungary 4th Army
German Empire South Army
Strength
On 23.01.1915
only combat troops[6]:
317,763 infantry
53,243 cavalry
919 machine guns
1,480 guns
On 23.01.1915
only combat troops[7]:
389,204 infantry
23,384 cavalry
1,056 machine guns
3,118 guns
Casualties and losses
457,476 to 1,000,000 casualties[a] 523,128 to 900,000 casualties[b][c]

The Carpathian Front, sometimes referred to as the Carpathian Winter War, of 1915 was one of the largest military operations on the Eastern Front in terms of scale, duration, the number of troops involved in it and the losses of the parties.

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  2. ^ Oldenburg 2022, p. 544.
  3. ^ Брусилов 2023, p. 138.
  4. ^ Борисюк 2023, p. 89.
  5. ^ Gilbert 2023, p. 203.
  6. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт Первой мировой войны. Потери сторон 1915, 2022, p. 184
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  10. ^ Oleynikov 2023, p. 106.
  11. ^ a b Oskin 2007, p. 43.
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  16. ^ a b Oleynikov 2023, p. 105.
  17. ^ The Great World War. A history. General Editor Frank A. Mumby. Volume 3. London, 1917. P. 50.


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