{"id":95877,"date":"2025-10-09T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=95877"},"modified":"2025-05-28T21:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T01:54:36","slug":"russias-great-retreat-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/10\/09\/russias-great-retreat-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s Great Retreat 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARUwVuhyg2Q?si=2AOiJ_rAP3wqY-nL\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 9 May 2025<\/p>\n<p>In May 1915, the Central Powers launched one of the greatest offensive operations of the First World War. The armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary planned to smash their way through Russia lines and tip the strategic balance in their favor. The result was one of the biggest and bloodiest campaigns of the war, known today as the Great Russian Retreat.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nPatreon:   \/ realtimehistory<br \/>\nNebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/the-great-war\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/the-great-war<\/a><br \/>\nWatch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXJtVlBkZTR0RF9XZjBjTV9ya0xpOE52TTBNUXxBQ3Jtc0tseTc2VFVzM3lWSzdQUEt3Q21Bb01WMjVXRmlMV3dDdWJOQzlSR1J6cE5uY1ZNSzVaN3ZzWG1VckZrT255bjNQMHpjZDNlT3hVUFBTZTl0TTNrQmMtOGhQdy1vMnl3T21EX2JkQ0ZXT3NHSmdlYUc2SQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fnebula.tv%2Fvideos%2F16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end%3Fref%3Dthe-great-war&#038;v=ARUwVuhyg2Q\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/16-days-in-b&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nRose Flaglor, Reed Spilmann, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nDowling, Timothy. &#8220;Eastern Front&#8221;, in: <em>1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War<\/em>, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDlyWHZqU0MxX3ozN1lnckVGRkZMMWJQQnhGZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuU25HeTR0MVNPTkdBdGJTTEQzd3ZsRVFpREtTZmFyU2VlbzZ2YnZEVkxOT0xCdWZ0cG0yVklRRFZYX3ZnNW14dTFKQVJTRzZRRVhuUmxRMFVhb0tSZjY4d0M3WWlZMmNXUVFrOXgyelNLbGdHREJ3UQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fencyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net%2Farticle%2Feastern-front%2F%23toc_1915_breakthrough_and_retreat&#038;v=ARUwVuhyg2Q\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/encyclopedia.1914-1918-online&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nGattrell, Peter. <em>Russia&#8217;s First World War: A Social and Economic History<\/em>. 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Penguin, 1998 (1975).<br \/>\nWatson, Alexander. <em>Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918<\/em>.<br \/>\n\u0427\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432, \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 et al. \u201c\u0410\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0446\u043e\u0432 (\u041e\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0446, 1915 \u0433.): \u043c\u0438\u0444 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u201d in \u0411\u044b\u043b\u044b\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u044b. 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