Battle of the Vistula River
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The Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw, was a major Russian victory against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front during the First World War.
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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 | |||||||||
Total: 300,000[1] Ninth Army: 135,600 infantry 10,400 cavalry First Army: 155,000 infantry 20,000 cavalry |
Total: 494,600[2] Second army: 148,000 men and 18,000 cavalry Fifth army: 75,700 men and 7,500 cavalry Fouth army: 96,400 and 12,000 cavalry Ninth army: 125,000 men and 12,000 cavalry | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
150,000[lower-alpha 1] | 145,000[lower-alpha 2] |
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