Vilno-Dvinsk offensive
1915 strategic Russian withdrawal on the Eastern Front of World War I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Vilno-Dvinsk offensive took place in the autumn of 1915 between the cities of Vilno (present-day Vilnius[lower-alpha 2]) and Dvinsk (present-day Daugavpils[lower-alpha 3]). It was strategic withdrawal by Russian forces on the Eastern Front of World War I, after a successful summer German offensive. The German armies were under the command of Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. Although weakened by the transfer of 12 divisions to France and the Balkans, as part of taking a defense, Hindenburg had his forces conduct several secondary offensive operations. However, the numerical superiority of the Russians did not allow Hindenburg to achieve a lasting success. Further actions for the Germans were extremely unsuccessful, here they suffered heavy losses and did not achieve their goal - to take Dvinsk[3][1]
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