Battle of the Strypa River
| Battle of the Strypa River | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||
Russian troops advance in the forest near Okana during the battle of Strypa | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire |
German Empire Austria-Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Dmitry Shcherbachev Platon Lechitsky |
Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin Felix Graf von Bothmer | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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7th army 9th army | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 480,000 | 450,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 46,803 to 72,759 | 17,264 | ||||||
The Battle of the Strypa (German: Kampf auf der Strype) or Operation on the Strypa (Russian: Операция на Стрыпе) was a Russian offensive from December 27 [O.S. December 14] 1915 to January 26 [O.S. January 13] 1916, in Galicia, near the Strypa River. It ended with the victory of the Central Powers.