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 | |||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Paul von Hindenburg August von Mackensen Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf Viktor Dankl |
Grand Duke Nicholas[a] Nikolai Ruzsky[b] Sergei Sheydeman[c] Aleksei Evert[d] Pavel Plehve[e] Alexei Schwartz[f] | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
9th Army 1st Army |
2nd Army 4th Army 5th Army 9th Army | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
321,000[g] | 470,000[3] to 494,600[h] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
79,817 to 150,000[i] | 65,000[9] to 150,000[j][10] |
The Battle of the Vistula River[k], also known as the Battle of Warsaw and Ivangorod[l], was a major Russian victory against Germany and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front during the First World War.[11]
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