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Drawing on first-hand accounts and detailed archival research, this is a dramatic retelling of the the tumultuous events of the first year of World War I on the Eastern Front, with the battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes in East Prussia, followed by the Russo-Austrian clashes in Galicia and the failed German advance towards Warsaw.
With the centenary of the start of World War I in 2014, Collision of Empires is a timely re-discovery of the bitter fighting on this forgotten front. The fighting that raged from East Prussia, through occupied Poland, to Galicia and the Carpathian Mountains was every bit as bloody as comparable battles in Flanders and France, but - with the exception of Tannenberg - remains relatively unknown. As was the case in the West, generals struggled to reconcile their pre-war views on the conduct of operations and how to execute their intricate strategic plans with the reality of war. Lessons were learned slowly while the core of trained personnel, particularly officers and NCOs, in the armies of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia suffered catastrophic losses throughout 1914. Inadequacies in supply and support arrangements, together with a failure to plan for a long war, left all three powers struggling to keep up with events. In addition, the Central Powers had to come to terms with the dreaded reality of a war on two fronts: a war that was initially seen by all three powers as a welcome opportunity to address both internal and external issues, would ultimately bring about the downfall of them all. Prit Buttar, author of Battleground Prussia, provides a magisterial account of the chaos and destruction that reigned when three powerful empires collided.
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C OLLISION OF E MPIRES
T HE W AR ON THE E ASTERN F RONT IN 1914
P RIT B UTTAR
DEDICATION
To Lottie
As ever, more people than I can mention have played a part in the creation of this book. In particular, I am grateful to David Klaus Shore for his encouragement in the early stages, and Amit Sumal, whose willingness to track down rare documents for me was of incalculable value.
As always, the lovely people at Osprey, particularly Kate Moore and Emily Holmes, were hugely supportive, as was my agent Robert Dudley. And none of this would have been possible without the patience and forbearance of my family.
hrenthal, Alois Lexa von Foreign Minister 190608
Auffenberg, Moritz von commander of Fourth Army
Berchtold, Leopold von Foreign Minister in 1914
Bilinsky, Leon Austro-Hungarian Finance Minister 191215 and simultaneously head of civil administration in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bhm-Ermolli, Eduard von commander of Second Army
Boroevi, Svetozar commander of VI Corps, then commander of Third Army (replaced Brudermann)
Brudermann, Rudolf Ritter von commander of Third Army
Conrad von Htzendorf, Franz Xaver Josef Chief of the General Staff in 1914
Czernin, Ottokar Graf ambassador to Romania
Dankl, Viktor commander of First Army
Falkenfeld, Heinrich Rittmeister Kummer von commander of eponymous force in 1914
Frank, Liborius Ritter von commander of Fifth Army
Hoyos, Alexander vonchef de cabinet in the Foreign Office, 1914
Joseph Ferdinand (Archduke) commander of XIV Corps, then commander of Fourth Army (replaced Auffenberg)
Kirchbach, Karl Freiherr von commander of I Corps
Kolossvry, Dezs commander of XI Corps
Kvesz, Hermann von commander of XII Corps
Kitek, Karl commander of XVII Corps
Kusmanek, Hermann von commander of the garrison of Przemyl
Potiorek, Oskar military governor of Bosnia-Herzegovina 191114, commander of Sixth Army, then of all k.u.k. forces on the Serbian front
Puhallo, Puawy commander of V Corps
Redl, Alfred head of counter-intelligence 190713; spy for Russia (and other foreign powers)
Schemua, Blasius Chief of the General Staff 191112, commander of II Corps in 1914
Schnaich, Franz von Minister for War 190611
Tersztynszky, Karl commander of IV Corps, later commander of Fifth Army (replaced Frank)
Tisza, Istvn Hungarian Prime Minister 191317
Palologue, Maurice French Ambassador to Russia
Below, Otto von commander of I Reserve Corps in 1914
Bernhardi, Friedrich Adolf Julius von cavalry officer, influential in developing tactical doctrine in late 19th century
Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von Chancellor 190917
Brodrck, Georg commander of Knigsberg Garrison Division in 1914
Conta, Richard von commander of 1st Infantry Division
Falk, Adalbert von commander of 2nd Infantry Division
Falkenhayn, Erich von Minister for War 191315, Chief of the General Staff 191416
Franois, Hermann von commander of I Corps in 1914, later commander of Eighth Army
Gallwitz, Max von commander of Guard Reserve Corps
Heineccius, Konstanz von commander of 36th Infantry Division
Hell, Emil chief of staff of XX Corps
Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von appointed commander of Eighth Army in 1914, then Ninth Army, then commander of all German forces on the Eastern Front
Hoffmann, Max deputy chief of staff of Eighth Army
Ludendorff, Erich appointed chief of staff of Eighth Army in 1914
Mackensen, August von commander of XVII Corps in 1914, later commander of Ninth Army
Moltke, Helmuth von (the elder) Chief of the Prussian General Staff during the German wars of unification, founder of the German General Staff
Moltke, Helmuth von (the younger) nephew of the elder Moltke, Chief of the General Staff 190614
Morgen, Curt von commander of Third Reserve Infantry Division in 1914, later commander of I Reserve Corps
Pourtals, Friedrich von ambassador to Russia in 1914
Prittwitz, Maximilian von commander of Eighth Army in 1914
Schlichting, Sigismund von infantry officer, influential in developing tactical doctrine in late 19th century
Schlieffen, Alfred von Chief of the German General Staff 18911906, author of what became known as the Schlieffen Plan
Schmidtseck, Walter Schmidt von chief of staff of I Corps in 1914
Scholtz, Friedrich von commander of XX Corps in 1914
Schubert, Richard von commander of Eighth Army, replaced Hindenburg
Stein, Hermann von Quartermaster-General in 1914
Waldersee, Georg von chief of staff, Eighth Army in 1914
Woyrsch, Remus von commander of Silesian Landwehr, and of eponymous corps
Alexeyev, Mikhail Vasileyevich Chief of Staff of Southwest Front in 1914
Aliev, Eris Khan Sultan Giryei commander of IV Corps
Artamonov, Leonid commander of I Corps
Blagoveschensky, Alexander Alexandrovich commander of VI Corps
Brusilov, Alexei Alexeevich commander of Eighth Army in 1914
Danilov, Yuri Nikoforovich Quartermaster-General in 1914
Dimitriev, Radko commander of VIII Corps, then commander of Third Army (replaced Ruzsky)
Dobrorolsky, Sergei head of Russian General Staffs mobilisation section
Dushkevich, Alexander commander of 2nd Infantry Division, then commander of I Corps
Evert, Alexei commander of Fourth Army, replaced Saltza
Geysmans, Platon Alexandrovich commander of XVI Corps
Golovine, Nikolai commander of Grodno Hussars, 1914
Ivanov, Nikolai commander Southwest Front in 1914
Klyuev, Nikolai Chief of Staff, Warsaw District, then commander of XIII Corps
Martos, Nikolai Nikolaevich commander of XV Corps
Mileant, Georgi Chief of Staff, First Army in 1914
Nahitchevanski, Huseyn Khan commander of cavalry, First Army in 1914
Nikolayevich, Nikolai Grand Duke, cousin of Tsar Nicholas II, Commander-in-Chief in 1914
Palitsyn, Fedor Fedorovich Chief of the General Staff 190508
Pflug, Vasili commander of Tenth Army
Plehve, Wenzel von commander of Fifth Army in 1914
Postovsky, Pyotr Ivanovich chief of staff of Second Army
Rennenkampf, Pavel Karlovich commander of First Army in 1914
Ruzsky, Nikolai Vladimirovich commander of Third Army in 1914, later commander of Northwest Front
Saltza, Anton Jegorowich von commander of Fourth Army in 1914
Samsonov, Alexander Vassilievich commander of Second Army in 1914
Sazonov, Sergei Foreign Minister 190917
Selivanov, Andrei Nikolaevich commander of Eleventh Army
Sievers, Faddei (Thadeus) von commander X Corps, then commander of Tenth Army (replaced Pflug)
Sukhomlinov, Vladimir Alexandrovich Chief of the General Staff 190809, Minister for War 190916
Tumanov, Georgi Evseevich commander of Fourth Armys cavalry
Voyshin Murdas-Zhilinski, Hippolyte Paulinovich commander of XIV Corps
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