Battle of Galicia
| Battle of Galicia | |||||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||||
Eastern Front, September 1914. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russian Empire | Austro-Hungarian Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Nikolai Ivanov A. Y. von Saltza Aleksei Evert Pavel Plehve Nikolai Ruzsky Aleksei Brusilov |
Franz Joseph I Archduke Friedrich Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf Viktor Dankl von Krasnik Moritz von Auffenberg Rudolf von Brudermann E. von Böhm-Ermolli H. K. von Kövessháza Heinrich von Kummer | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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1st Army 3rd Army 4th Army Army group Kövess Army group Kummer | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 1,000,000 to 1,200,000 | 950,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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200,000–300,000:
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324,000–420,000:
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The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia, while the Russians captured Lemberg (now Lviv) and, for approximately nine months, ruled Eastern Galicia until their defeat at Gorlice and Tarnów.