Battle of the Vistula River | |||||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||||
Russian infantry repels a night German attack on the Vistula | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
German Empire Austria-Hungary | Russian Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Paul von Hindenburg August von Mackensen Remus von Woyrsch Max von Gallwitz Viktor Dankl |
Sergei Sheydeman Nikolai Ruzsky Nikolai Ivanov Aleksei Evert Pavel Plehve | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
9th Army 1st Army |
2nd Army 4th Army 5th Army 9th Army | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
300,000[a] | 470,000[3] to 494,600[b] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
79,817[c] or 110,000[6] to 150,000[d] | 65,000[9] to 150,000[e][10] |
The Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw, was a major Russian victory against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front during the First World War.[11]
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