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Battle of Vilnius

The Battle of Vilnius (German: Schlacht bei Wilna) or the Vilnius operation (Russian: Виленская операция) took place in the autumn of 1915 between the cities of Vilnius and Daugavpils. It was strategic withdrawal by Russian forces on the Eastern Front of World War I, after a successful summer German offensive.

Battle of Vilnius
Battle of Vilnius · Department of Military Art and Engineering, at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
26 Aug 1915 – 2 Oct 1915
Where
Švenčionys
Era
Modern

Topics

Lithuania1236 – today

Before and after

Battle of the Gulf of Riga1915Battles of the Isonzo1915 – 1917Show on timeline

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Vilnius (1915), CC BY-SA 4.0