The Great War
Season 12 Episode 5 - Russia's Great Retreat 1915
9.3 ?
2014
Documentary, War & Politics
In May 1915, the Central Powers launched one of the greatest offensive operations of the First World War. The armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary planned to smash their way through Russia lines and tip the strategic balance in their favor. The result was one of the biggest and bloodiest campaigns of the war, known today as the Great Russian Retreat.
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4
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5
Russia's Great Retreat 1915
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8
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