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While it marked the furthest Russian forces would ever get to the West during the war, it was a tactical Russian victory - but their strategic defeat. |
While it marked the furthest Russian forces would ever get to the West during the war, it was a tactical Russian victory - but their strategic defeat. |
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* James L. Stokesbury, ''A Short History of World War I'', HarperCollins, 1981, ISBN 0-688-00129-7, [http://books.google.com/books?id=MimWfWJEX2wC&pg=PA72&dq=%22Silesian+Offensive%22&lr=&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U0mQAu-1UgcqbmFbydhqE_hOzeVyQ Google Print, p.72] |
* James L. Stokesbury, ''A Short History of World War I'', HarperCollins, 1981, ISBN 0-688-00129-7, [http://books.google.com/books?id=MimWfWJEX2wC&pg=PA72&dq=%22Silesian+Offensive%22&lr=&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U0mQAu-1UgcqbmFbydhqE_hOzeVyQ Google Print, p.72] |
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Revision as of 19:26, 26 May 2019
Russian Silesian Offensive by Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky.(1914) The Di Rocco Wieler Private Collection, Toronto, Canada
The Silesian Offensive was a Russian offensive in 1914, during the First World War. It lasted from November 11 till December 6, and consisted of the battle of Łowicz and battle of Łódź. While it marked the furthest Russian forces would ever get to the West during the war, it was a tactical Russian victory - but their strategic defeat.
Map of the theatre
References
- Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, World War I: Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, 2005, ISBN 1-85109-420-2, Google Print, p.379
- James L. Stokesbury, A Short History of World War I, HarperCollins, 1981, ISBN 0-688-00129-7, Google Print, p.72
The original article can be found at Silesian Offensive and the edit history here.