[Cz-L] Brusilov Offensive

Summary:
In the summer of 1915, the Central Powers launched an offensive on the
Eastern Front that they hoped would decide the war. It did not, of course.
In June 1916, an Allied army under the command of Aleksei A. Brusilov
decimated the Central Powers' gains of 1915. Brusilov's success brought
Romania into the war, extinguished the offensive ability of the Habsburg
armies, and forced Austria-Hungary into military dependence on and political
subservience to Germany. The results were astonishing in military terms, but
the political consequences were perhaps even more significant. More than any
other action, the Brusilov Offensive brought the Habsburg Empire to the
brink of a separate peace, while creating conditions for revolution within
the Russian Imperial Army. Timothy C. Dowling tells the story of this
important but little-known battle in the military and political history of
the Eastern Front.
Hardy

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