HIST 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Latvian Riflemen, Daugava, Sulfur Mustard
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Goal of aggressor: russian 12th army trued to prevent the german 8th army from forcing the daugava river and besieging russian troops in riga. Strategy: to fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e the dauga(cid:448)a ri(cid:448)e(cid:396) at ik ile a(cid:374)d (cid:395)ui(cid:272)kly ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:374)o(cid:396)th a(cid:374)d (cid:374)o(cid:396)th(cid:449)est. This do(cid:374)e i(cid:374) order to cause to cause the surrender of the russian 12th army and to capture riga. Tactic: the germans used aviation, flame throwers and gas attacks. Defender strategy: to stop the german advance by holding them back with the help of the latvian army. Tactic: russian army to counterattack the german bridgehead and deploy four infantry divisions as well as the 2nd latvian riflemen brigade. Victor: germany because riga had been lost to the advancing germans which the russians desperately tried to protect and have control over. Extra: mustard gas was first used by the germans against the russians at riga in september 1917.
