✦ History

Part of World War I

Gorlice–Tarnów offensive

May 2 – June 22, 1915 · Gorlice–Tarnów offensive

Result Central Powers victory

Mackensen's German Eleventh Army broke the Russian line in western Galicia and began the Great Retreat.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

Other

Russian Empire
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia military commander Radko Dimitriev military commander Nikolay Ivanov military commander
Erich von Falkenhayn military commander Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf military commander Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli military commander Svetozar Boroević military commander August von Mackensen military commander Hans von Seeckt military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
118,112
Wounded
402,346
Missing
499,495

German Empire Killed 24,063 · Wounded 66,540 · Missing 8,050

Austria-Hungary Killed 44,191 · Wounded 180,385 · Missing 164,592

Units

8th Army (Russian Empire) Russian 3rd Army (1914–1918) 10th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 12th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 21st Army Corps (Russian Empire) 24th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 29th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 9th Army Corps (Russian Empire)
11th Army (German Empire) 2nd Army (Austria-Hungary) 3rd Army (Austria-Hungary) 4th Army (Austria-Hungary) 7th Army (Austria-Hungary) South Army (German Empire) XXXXI Reserve Corps (German Empire) 101st Infantry Division (German Empire) 103rd Infantry Division (German Empire) 105th Infantry Division (German Empire) 107th Infantry Division (German Empire) 115th Infantry Division (German Empire) 119th Infantry Division (German Empire) 19th Division (German Empire) 20th Division (German Empire) 22nd Division (German Empire) 26th Division (German Empire) 31st Division (German Empire) 35th Division (German Empire) 36th Division (German Empire) 37th Division (German Empire) 38th Division (German Empire) 47th Reserve Division 56th Infantry Division (German Empire) 58th Infantry Division (German Empire) 76th Reserve Division (German Empire) 86th Infantry Division (German Empire) 87th Infantry Division (German Empire) 88th Infantry Division (German Empire)
1st Division (German Empire) 42nd Division (German Empire)

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