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Gorlice–Tarnów offensive

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

Part of World War I

Contemporaries On the map

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

Sides

Allies

Russian Empire
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia military commander Radko Dimitriev military commander Nikolay Ivanov military commander

Central Powers

German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Erich von Falkenhayn military commander Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf military commander

Also involved 4

Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli participant · Central Powers Arthur Arz von Straußenburg participant Franciszek Latinik participant · Central Powers Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia participant