The Eastern Front of the First World War stretched across a vast area from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, where Russia fought Germany and Austria-Hungary. It was more fluid than the Western Front. Russia's early invasion of East Prussia ended in a German victory at Tannenberg, while its armies did better against Austria-Hungary in Galicia. In 1915 German and Austrian forces broke through at Gorlice-Tarnow and pushed the Russians back, and the Brusilov Offensive in 1916 was a major Russian success. Heavy losses and shortages contributed to the revolutions of 1917, and the new Bolshevik government left the war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
Before and after
- from 8 August 1914 to 1 January 1917Expedition Endurance
- 9 August 1914Birth of Tove Jansson
- from 15 August 1914 to 24 August 1914Battle of Cer
- 15 August 1914Construction of Panama Canal
- from 17 August 1914 to 3 March 1918WWI Eastern Front
- 1 September 1914Martha, the last passenger pigeon, dies
- from October 1914 to July 1915German campaign in Angola
- from 16 October 1914 to 31 October 1914Battle of the Yser
- 16 October 1914Founding of Goethe University Frankfurt
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