Riga offensive (1917)
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The Riga offensive, also called the Jugla offensive or the Battle of Riga, took place in early September 1917 and was the last major campaign on the Eastern Front of World War I before the Russian Pro
German troops entering Riga
The new front lines after the Great Retreat in 1915.
Russian infantrymen killed by a gas attack.
The troop movements in the Riga offensive.
Battalions of Death
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The Battalions of Death, also called shock battalions, were infantry shock troops established by the Russian Imperial Army during World War I.
Shock troops of the Russian Eighth Army. They later formed the Kornilov Shock Regiment.
The death battalion of the 3rd Caucasus Army Corps.