Southwestern Front (Russian Empire)
The Southwestern Front was an army group of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I as part of the Eastern Front war theater.
The headquarters staff of the Southwestern Front, 1917
The Battle of Galicia was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia, while the Russians captured Lemberg and, for approximately nine months, ruled Eastern Galicia until their defeat at Gorlice and Tarnów.
Eastern Front, September 1914.
Destruction of an Austro-Hungarian trench following Russian bombardment.