Battle of the Vistula River
| 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 | |||||||||
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German Empire Austria-Hungary | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Paul von Hindenburg August von Mackensen Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf Viktor Dankl |
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolai Ruzsky Sergei Sheydeman Aleksei Evert Pavel Plehve Alexei Schwartz | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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9th Army 1st Army |
2nd Army 4th Army 5th Army 9th Army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 321,000 | 470,000 to 494,600 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 78,077 to 150,000 | 65,000 to 148,864 | ||||||||
The Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw and Ivangorod, was a major Russian victory against Germany and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front during the First World War.
The battle is one of the largest and most important battles in the First World War, one of the most striking victories of the Russian army, which showed that the Russian troops are strong and can resist the Germans. Both sides suffered heavy losses. The battle also became a kind of psychological turning point. The Russians, believing in their own strength, recovered from the defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg, and became confident that they were superior to the Germans. This confidence helped them to win the Battle of Lodz a few days later.