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Brusilov offensive

Brusilov Offensive
(Брусиловский прорыв)
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
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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
Russian Empire Aleksei Brusilov
Russian Empire Alexey Kaledin
Russian Empire Vladimir Sakharov
Russian Empire Dmitry Shcherbachev

Austria-Hungary Conrad von Hötzendorf
Austria-Hungary Joseph Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary Eduard von Böhm

German Empire Alexander von Linsingen
German Empire Felix von Bothmer
Ottoman Empire 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

Austria-Hungary Conrad von Hötzendorf
Austria-Hungary Joseph Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary 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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