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Battle of Galicia

Battle of Galicia
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I

Eastern Front, September 1914.
Date23 August – 11 September 1914
Location
Lemberg, Galicia (modern-day Lviv, Ukraine)
Result Russian victory
Full results
Territorial
changes
Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia and Northern Bukovina
Belligerents
Russian Empire  Austro-Hungarian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Ivanov
A. Y. von Saltza
Aleksei Evert
Pavel Plehve
Nikolai Ruzsky
Aleksei Brusilov
Austria-Hungary Franz Joseph I
Austria-Hungary Archduke Friedrich
Austria-Hungary Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Austria-Hungary Viktor Dankl von Krasnik
Austria-Hungary Moritz von Auffenberg
Austria-Hungary Rudolf von Brudermann
Austria-Hungary E. von Böhm-Ermolli
Austria-Hungary H. K. von Kövessháza
Austria-Hungary Heinrich von Kummer
Units involved
Southwestern Front
Austria-Hungary 1st Army
Austria-Hungary 3rd Army
Austria-Hungary 4th Army
Austria-Hungary Army group Kövess
Austria-Hungary Army group Kummer
Strength
1,000,000[5] to 1,200,000 950,000
Casualties and losses

200,000–300,000:

  • 40,000 captured

324,000–420,000:

  • 100,000 dead
  • 220,000 wounded
  • 100,000–130,000 captured

The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia, while the Russians captured Lemberg (now Lviv) and, for approximately nine months, ruled Eastern Galicia until their defeat at Gorlice and Tarnów.

  1. ^ Oleynikov 2016, p. 248.
  2. ^ Auffenberg-Komarow M. von. Aus Österreich-Ungarns Teilnahme am Weltkriege. - Berlin und Wien, 1920. S. 284.
  3. ^ Rady 2023, pp. 420–421.
  4. ^ Oleynikov 2016.
  5. ^ Borisyuk 2024, p. 34.

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