Riga–Schaulen offensive
1915 German offensive on the Eastern Front of World War I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Riga–Schaulen offensive was a major Imperial German Army's offensive, launched by the Army of the Niemen of Paul von Hindenburg's group of armies to divert Russian forces from the direction of the main German blow of the summer offensive on Narew. However, it gradually changed into an offensive of two German armies to capture the Kovno fortress and reach the Western Dvina. In the course of a successful offensive, the German army defeated the superior forces of the Russian army and reached the approaches to the important city of Riga.
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Riga-Schaulen offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||
German summer offensive in the Eastern Front 1915 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Paul von Hindenburg Erich Ludendorff Otto von Below Otto von Lauenstein Manfred von Richthofen |
Mikhail Alekseyev Pavel Plehve | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Army of the Niemen X Army |
V Army X Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Total: 326,615 men[1] Army of the Niemen 158,905 men 600 guns X Army 167,710 men |
Total: 549,192 men[2] 5th Army 217,041 men 290 machine guns 488 guns 10th Army: 332,151 men 305 machine guns 784 guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Total: 38,176 men[3] 9,061 KIA 4,337 MIA 24,778 WIA |
Total: 157,224 men[4] 14,025 KIA 81,886 MIA 61,314 WIA |
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