The Battle of Łódź or Lodz operation took place from 11 November to 6 December 1914, near the city of Łódź in Poland. Battles were fought between German units of the 8th Army, 9th Army, Austrian 1st A
German soldiers enter Łódź on 6 December 1914
German soldiers in Łódź, December 1914.
Paul Georg Edler von Rennenkampf was a Baltic German nobleman, statesman and general of the Imperial Russian Army who commanded the 1st Army in the invasion of East Prussia during the initial stage of
Battle of Łódź (1914)
…Northwestern Front – Gen. Ruzsky 1st Army – Gen. Paul von Rennenkampf (from 2 Dec. Gen. Alexander Litvinov) 1st Turkestan Army Corps 11th Siberian Rifle Division 1st Turkestan Rifle Brigade 2nd Turkestan Rifle Brigade 5th…
Rennenkampf (fourth from left) during the Boxer Rebellion in 1901
A wounded Rennenkampff after the Battle of Liaoyang
Rennenkampff during the First World War, c. 1914