Carpathian Campaign

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The Carpathian Front, also called the Carpathian Winter War of 1915, was a series of operations along the Carpathian Mountains on the Eastern Front fought between the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary, with support from Germany. The campaign began in late January 1915, after Russian forces repelled an Austro-Hungarian counteroffensive in December 1914. Operations focused on controlling the mountain passes and relieving the besieged fortress of Przemyśl. Russian armies aimed to push into the Hungarian Plain and threaten Austria-Hungary, while the Central Powers sought to hold the passes and break the siege. The campaign took place in severe winter conditions and resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. By April 1915, Russian forces had crossed the Carpathians and entered the Hungarian Plain, while the Central Powers failed to achieve a decisive breakthrough, leaving the front largely unchanged until the subsequent Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Андрей Медардович Зайончковский / Andrey Medardovich Zayonchkovsky (1862-1926). Александр Николаевич Де Лазари / Alexander Nikolaevich De Lazari (1880-1942), Public domain