Gorlice breakthrough | |||||||
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Part of Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive in the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
On May 1:[1] 401,041 men 525 machine guns 729 guns |
On May 1:[2] 700,299 men 734 machine guns 1,691 guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
100,000 prisoners 80 guns and 250 machine guns captured Unknown but very large number of KIA and WIA[3] | 36,570[4][5]-90,000[6] |
The Gorlice breakthrough occurred in the May 1–10, 1915 as part of the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive during World War I. The German 11th Army led by General August von Mackensen, with the support on the flanks by the 3rd and 4th Austro-Hungarian Armies, defeated the 3rd Russian Army. For the first time in the history of the First World War a heavily fortified and long-term defensive position was broken through during the Gorliсе offensive.
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