Historical Overview of
the Great War
(1914-1918)

  

A historical overview of the Great War

This section will focus on a the events of the Great War, as well as the costs in men and equipment. It was the most devastating conflict the world ever engaged in until the Great Patriotic War of 1941.  The war would sap the strength of the massive Russian military machine, and plunge the nation into revolution.

 

 

 

Timeline of the Conflict Major Campaigns and Battles Russian Leaders
(1914-1918)

  • Battle of Salluponen

  • Battle of Gumbinnen

  • Battle of Tannenberg

  • First Battle of the Masurian Lakes

  • Battle of Bolimov

  • Second Battle of Masurian Lakes

  • Battle of Lake Naroch

  • Battle of Lutsk

  • Brusilov Offensive
1894-1917 Nicholas Romanov II
1917-1917 Alexander Kerensky
1917-1918 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

 

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