Eastern Front (World War I)

Eastern Front
	Part of World War II
	; Eastern Europe before World War I
Date	1 August 1914 - 7 May 1918
Location	Eastern Europe
Result	Central Power victory
Belligerents
Allies; Russia; Romania (from 1916); (and others)	Central Powers; Germany; Austria-Hungary; (and others)

The Eastern Front of World War I was the theatre in which Germany and Austria-Hungary fought against the Russian Empire. Planning places to concentrate forces was very important because there were few railways on the Eastern Front, and troops could not be moved and reinforced as quickly as on the Western Front.

Russia lost many battles, but its overall situation improved as Russia improved its forces, and more and more allies entered the war. The Eastern Front ended when the Russian Civil War broke out in 1917. The communists signed a peace treaty with Germany so that they could focus on winning the civil war.

Other websites

WWI Eastern Front Photo.
WWI Eastern Front Part II
With the Russian army, 1914-1917 by Alfred Knox

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