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Russian invasion of East Prussia

The Russian invasion of East Prussia occurred during World War I, lasting from August to September 1914. As well as being the natural course for the Russian Empire to take upon the declaration of war on the German Empire, it was also an attempt to focus the Imperial German Army on the Eastern Front, as opposed to the Western Front as part of the alliance and to force Germany to fight a two front war.

Russian invasion of East Prussia
Russian invasion of East Prussia · Department of Military Art and Engineering, at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
17 Aug 1914 – 14 Sept 1914
Where
East Prussia
Era
Modern

Topics

Prussia1525 – 1947

Before and after

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