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Lake Naroch offensive
Part of Eastern Front during World War I

Eastern Front prior to the Brusilov Offensive
Date18–30 March 1916
Location
Lake Narach, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
Result

Tactical German victory

  • German offensive on Verdun has been temporarily halted[1]
Belligerents
Lake Naroch offensive German Empire Russia Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
German Empire Hermann von Eichhorn Russia Alexei Kuropatkin
Russia Alexei Evert
Units involved
German Empire 10th Army Russia 2nd Army
Strength
81,975
720 guns[2]
372,932
887 guns[3]
Casualties and losses
20,000 casualties[4][5]
(German estimate)
40,000 casualties[6]
(Russian estimate)
110,000 casualties[7]
(German estimate)
76,409 casualties
(12,000 due to hypothermia)[8]
(Russian estimate)

The Lake Naroch offensive in 1916 was an unsuccessful Russian offensive on the Eastern Front in World War I. It was launched at the request of Marshal Joseph Joffre and intended to relieve the German pressure on French forces.[9] Due to lack of reconnaissance, Russian artillery support failed to overcome and neutralise the well-fortified German defenses and artillery positions, leading to costly and unproductive direct attacks, hindered by the weather.[10] On 30 March General Evert ordered a halt to the offensive.[11]

  1. ^ Олейников А. Россия-щит Антанты. С предисловием Николая Старикова.-СПб.:Питер, 2016.-336 с.-( серия «Николай Стариков рекомендует прочитать») ISBN 978-5-496-01795-4
  2. ^ Podorozhniy, 1938, p. 47
  3. ^ Podorozhniy, 1938, p. 47
  4. ^ Spencer C. Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, The Encyclopedia of World War I: A Political, Social, and Military History, 2005, p. 381
  5. ^ Подорожный, 1938, p. 152
  6. ^ Podorozhniy, 1938, p. 153
  7. ^ Podorozhniy, 1938, p. 152
  8. ^ Podorozhniy, 1938, pp. 124–125
  9. ^ Zabecki, 2014, p. 735
  10. ^ Zabecki, 2014, p. 735
  11. ^ Podorozhniy, 1938, p. 149

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