The Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes or Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes, known in Germany as the Winter Battle in Masuria and in Russia as the Battle of Augustowo, was the northern part of the
Eastern Front, February 7–18, 1915
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Hindenburg and Ludendorff during Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes
German soldiers at Winter Battle in Masuria against Russian cavalry
The funeral of German soldiers who died in the winter of 1915 in East Prussia
The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes was a German offensive in the Eastern Front 2–16 September 1914, during the Russian invasion of East Prussia. It took place only days after the Battle of Tannenb
Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
…occupied after the Battle of Łódź in 1914, toward the Vistula River and also in East Prussia in the vicinity of the Masurian Lakes (site of the 1914 Battle of the Masurian Lakes). The Austro-Hungarians would emerge from the Carpathian Mountain passes to attack the Russians by driving toward Lemberg. They would be led by General…
Eastern Front to 26 September 1914
General staff of the German 8th Army during the battle