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Battle during the First World War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Battle of the Crna Bend (1916).
The Battle of the Crna Bend was a major military engagement fought between the forces of the Central Powers and the Entente in May 1917. It was part of the Allied Spring Offensive of the same year that was designed to break the stalemate on the Macedonian Front. Despite the considerable numerical and matériel advantage of the attackers over the defenders, the Bulgarian and German defense of the positions in the loop of the river Crna remained a very formidable obstacle, which the Allies were unable to defeat not only in 1917 but until the end of the war itself.
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Battle of the Crna Bend (1917) | |||||||
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Part of Macedonian front (World War I) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bulgaria Germany |
France Italy Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
H. von Ziegesar Karl Suren |
Georges Lebouc Paul Grossetti Giuseppe Pennella Mikhail Dieterichs | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Central Powers:[1] : 27 battalions 19 batteries 115 machine guns : 13 battalions 15 batteries 131 machine guns Total: 40 battalions 34 batteries (122 guns, 8 mortars) 246 machine guns |
Allies:[1] : 45 battalions 54 batteries 312 machine guns : 18 battalions 32 batteries 171 machine guns : 6 battalions 14 batteries 32 machine guns Total: 69 battalions 100 batteries (412 guns) 515 machine guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
: 1,626 : unknown |
: 1,700 : 2,400 : 1,325 Total: 5,425 |
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