Battle of Łomża
A battle in 1915 during the First World War on the Eastern front / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Łomża was a series of large-scale battles between the Imperial German and Imperial Russian armies in the spring of 1915 on the territory of modern Poland. The Russians were able to repulse the Second German offensive on Przasnysz, but the Imperial German army also repulsed several major offensives of the Russian army.
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Battle of Łomża | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||
Eastern Front, March 1 - April 28, 1915 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Paul von Hindenburg Erich Ludendorff Max Hoffmann Max von Gallwitz |
Nikolai Ruzsky Thadeus von Sievers Pavel Plehve Alexander Litvinov | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
8th Army 10th Army Armee-Gruppe Gallwitz |
1st Army 10th Army 12th Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
On 01 March 1915: Total: 540,278 men[1] |
On 01 March 1915: Total: 785,888 men[2] 1,332 machine guns 5,189 guns[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Total 60,625[4][5] 11,727 KIA 32,845 WIA 16,053 MIA |
Total 308,205[6][7] 36,535 KIA 173,688 WIA 95,982 MIA |
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