Eastern Front (World War I)

Eastern Front
Part of The European theatre of World War I
Eastern Europe before World War I
Date 1 August 1914 – 7 May 1918 Location Eastern Europe Result Central Powers victory
Belligerents
Allied Powers: Russia (1914–17) Romania (1916–17) Serbia (1914–15) Belgium (1915–17) United Kingdom (1916–17) France (1916–17) Soviet Russia (1917–18)	Central Powers: Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria (1916–17) Ottoman Empire (1916–17)
Commanders and leaders
Nicholas II Ferdinand I	Wilhelm II Franz Joseph I Charles I

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 the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 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