Great Retreat (Russia)
August 17 – September 19, 1915 · Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Russian armies withdrew from Poland and Galicia after the German breakthrough at Gorlice–Tarnów. Russia lost large lands and many soldiers but avoided total defeat.
Sides
Central Powers
Wilhelm II
military commander
Paul von Hindenburg
military commander
Erich Ludendorff
military commander
Józef Piłsudski
military commander
Franz Joseph I of Austria
military commander
Erich von Falkenhayn
military commander
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
military commander
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
military commander
