Brusilov Offensive

Brusilov Offensive (Брусиловский прорыв)
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
Russian general Aleksei Brusilov, 1916
Date 4 June – 20 September 1916 Location Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Austria-Hungary  German Empire  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Aleksei Brusilov Alexey Kaledin Vladimir Sakharov Dmitry Shcherbachev	Conrad von Hötzendorf Joseph Ferdinand Eduard von Böhm Alexander von Linsingen Felix von Bothmer Yakup Pasha
Strength
40+ Infantry divisions (573,000 men) 15 cavalry divisions (60,000 men)	39 infantry divisions (437,000 men) 10 Cavalry divisions (30,000 men)
Casualties and losses
Up to 1,000,000 dead, wounded or taken prisoner Other estimate: 440,000 dead or wounded 60,000 prisoners 500,000 total casualties Total: 500,000-1,000,000 casualties	Austria-Hungary 200,000-567,000 dead and wounded 400,000-408,000 prisoners 600,000-975,000 all casualties German Empire 350,000 all casualties Total: 950,000-1,325,000 casualties

Conrad von Hötzendorf
Joseph Ferdinand
Eduard von Böhm

Up to 1,000,000 dead, wounded or taken prisoner
Other estimate:
440,000 dead or wounded
60,000 prisoners
500,000 total casualties

Austria-Hungary
200,000-567,000 dead and wounded
400,000-408,000 prisoners
600,000-975,000 all casualties
German Empire
350,000 all casualties

The Brusilov Offensive (Russian: Брусиловский прорыв Brusilovskiĭ proryv, lit. "Brusilov's breakthrough"), also known as the "June Advance", of June to September 1916 was the Russian Empire's greatest feat of arms during World War I, and among the most lethal offensives in world history. Historian Graydon Tunstall called the Brusilov Offensive the worst crisis of World War I for Austria-Hungary and the Triple Entente's greatest victory, but it came at a tremendous loss of life.

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