Tag Archive for Poland

RUSSIANS SCORCH EARTH IN RETREAT

Countryside and Cities Plundered; Rape and Murder Widespread Bolshevik Propaganda Reaches Front Special to The Great War Project (21-25 June) The Russian Army in Poland continues to fall back, suffering heavy losses in the process. Disillusionment with the war begins to spread in Russia, on the battlefield, and on the home front. The Germans retain…

RUSSIAN ARMY COLLAPSES

Germany Takes Control of Eastern Front, Rescues Austrian Forces. Chaotic Russian Retreat Special to The Great War Project (10-12 June) The Eastern Front is seeing a dramatic reversal of fortune, with Russia losing much of the territory in Eastern Europe it seized earlier in 1915. Austria-Hungary, which looked to be on the brink of collapse…

RUSSIA FACESS ‘GREAT DISASTER’ ON EASTERN FRONT

Retreating Russian Troops Burn Towns, Farms; Thousands of Non-Russians Uprooted Special to The Great War Project (15-17 May) On the often ignored Eastern Front, the German army is engaged in an enormous attack on the Russian forces in control of much of western Ukraine and Poland. “In May 1915,” observes historian Adam Hochschild, “on the…

FROZEN EARTH, FROZEN WAR

Germans Dig in for Long Haul; In the Trenches: Paneled Walls, Even Carpets; Ottoman Threat to Kill Allied Hostages. Special to The Great War Project. (24-25-26 November) In the central zone of the Eastern Front a century ago, as the battle around what is now the Polish city of Lodz comes to a close, the…