HISTORY 2S03 Lecture : War in the West
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the russians invade east prussia with two armies: campaign in the south (ah vs. russia) he doesn t realize, that aided by this intelligence he is moving into a trap. they don t have the resources to support the eastern front. It has been successful: but cost about 1 million men, there is a toll on the russians as well y the germans respond y result. Invade and overrun romania very quickly knocking them out of the war: stasis on the eastern front by the end of 1916 y. February revolution y the first of two revolutions y brings down the tsar internally. October revolution y second revolution y an overthrow of the existing government by the bolsheviks. Bolsheviks lenin y communists y armistice has been signed on the eastern front, the fighting is over y germany imposes a peace in 1918.