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…
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AUSTRIAN ARMY SHATTERED, DESPITE RUSSIAN RETREAT
by Mike Shuster
Austrian Troops Throw Down Their Weapons, Then Surrender. Germany in Control of Eastern Front Special to The Great War Project. (Editor’s note: Catastrophe, A Blog of World War One, will take a short break. It will return next week.) (16-20 June) By now, in the spring of 1915, Austria-Hungary’s army is coming apart. On the…