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Eastern Front

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Battlefront between Russia and Germany/Austria-Hungary during World War I. In 1914 it was effectively the borders of eastern Prussia/Russia, Germany/Poland, Galicia/Poland, and Galicia/Russia. In present-day terms the front ran roughly from Kaliningrad in Russia via Białystok, southwesterly to Torun in Poland, south to Katowice, east to Lviv, and southeast to the mouth of the River Danube. In August 1914 the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and their allies) were at war in Western Europe with France, Britain, and Belgium, and in Eastern Europe with Russia. Although this had been envisaged in Germany's Schlieffen Plan , the intention had been to defeat France with a rapid strike and then turn all forces towards Russia. The failure of the Schlieffen Plan left Germany fighting a war on two fronts, the Western Front and the Eastern, for the next three years. War in the east only ended after the Bolsheviks took power in the 1917 Russian Revolution and signed the Treaty of…
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Full text Article Eastern Front

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Battlefront between Russia and Germany/Austria-Hungary during World War I. In 1914 it was effectively the borders of eastern Prussia/Russia, Germany/Poland, Galicia/Poland, and Galicia/Russia. In present-day terms the front ran roughly from Kaliningrad in Russia via Białystok, southwesterly to Torun…
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Full text Article World War I on the Eastern Front

From Reference Guide to the Major Wars and Conflicts in History: Wars in the Early 20th Century (1900 to 1950)
1914–1918 PRINCIPAL COMBATANTS (EASTERN FRONT ONLY): Austria-Hungary, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria vs. Serbia and Russia PRINCIPAL THEATER (EASTERN FRONT ONLY): Mainly East Prussia and “Russian Poland,” the westernmost part of the Russian Empire, enclosed to the north by East Prussia, to the west by…
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Full text Article Eastern Front

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Battlefront between the USSR and Germany during World War II. Initially running along the line of the Polish eastern border agreed between Germany and the Soviet Union in the Ribbentrop–Molotov pact 1939 (more or less where the border lies today), the front fluctuated wildly during the course of the…
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Full text Article Eastern Front, 1914–1917

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The Great Eastern Islamic Raiders Front (IBDA-C) is a Sunni Salafist group supporting Islamic rule in Turkey, believing that Turkey's present secular leadership is not legal. For this reason, it has been known to cooperate with other opposition elements in Turkey to destabilize the national…
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Military aviators on the Eastern front, illustration from 'Le Petit Journal', supplement illustre, 21st August 1910 (colour litho)
Artist: French School, (20th century) Location: Private Collection Credit: Military aviators on the Eastern front, illustration from 'Le Petit Journal', supplement illustre, 21st August 1910 (colour litho), French School, (20th century) / Private Collection / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library…
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Provisions for soldiers and troops on the Eastern Front, from 'Signal' Magazine, Number 4, second edition of February 1942 (b/w photo)
Location: Private Collection Credit: Provisions for soldiers and troops on the Eastern Front, from 'Signal' Magazine, Number 4, second edition of February 1942 (b/w photo). / Private Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library Date: 1942 Medium: black and white photograph Copyright: Out of copyright…
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Full text Article Kursk, Battle of

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(July 5–Aug. 23, 1943) Unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet salient around Kursk, in western Russia, in World War II . The salient was a bulge in the Soviet lines that protruded 100 mi (160 km) westward into the German lines. The Germans planned a surprise attack to trap the Soviet forces but…
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Full text Article Stalingrad, Battle of

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(1942–43) Unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet city in World War II. German forces invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and had advanced to the suburbs of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) by the summer of 1942. Met by a determined Red Army defense commanded by Vasily Chuikov , they reached the city’s…
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Full text Article Western Front

From The Macquarie Dictionary
the line of battle in Europe during World War I; the area of land across which the armed forces of Germany and the Allies faced each other, extending from Nieuport on the Belgian coast to Belfort in eastern France. The long, narrow war zone of the Western Front was a meandering line of opposing…
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