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Siege of Kovno, the Glossary

Index Siege of Kovno

Summer 1915, Imperial German Army began the Riga–Schaulen offensive and advanced towards Lithuania and Kaunas.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Žiežmariai, Division (military), Eastern Front (World War I), Evgeny Radkevich, Howitzer, Imperial German Army, Karl Litzmann, Kaunas Fortress, Lithuania, Mikhail Alekseyev, Riga–Schaulen offensive, Russian Empire, Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan, World War I, 10th Army (Russian Empire), 42 cm Gamma howitzer.

  2. 1915 in Germany
  3. 1915 in the Russian Empire
  4. February 1915 events
  5. Kaunas Fortress
  6. Military history of Kaunas

Žiežmariai

Žiežmariai is a town in the Kaišiadorys district municipality, Lithuania.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers.

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Eastern Front (World War I)

The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (Ostfront; Frontul de răsărit; Vostochny front) was a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russia and Romania on one side and Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and Germany on the other.

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Evgeny Radkevich

Evgeny Aleksandrovich Radkevich (Евгений Александрович Радкевич; 16 September 1851 – 1930) was an Imperial Russian Army general of the infantry and a member of the Russian Empire's Military Council.

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Howitzer

The howitzer is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar.

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Imperial German Army

The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.

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Karl Litzmann

Karl Litzmann (22 January 1850 – 28 May 1936) was a German World War I general and later Nazi Party member and politician.

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Kaunas Fortress

Kaunas Fortress (Kauno tvirtovė, Кοвенская крепость, Festung Kowno) is the remains of a fortress complex in Kaunas, Lithuania. Siege of Kovno and Kaunas Fortress are military history of Kaunas.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.

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Mikhail Alekseyev

Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev (Михаил Васильевич Алексеев) (&ndash) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War.

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Riga–Schaulen offensive

The Riga–Schaulen offensive was a major Imperial German Army's offensive, launched by the Army of the Niemen of Paul von Hindenburg's group of armies to divert Russian forces from the direction of the main German blow of the summer offensive on Narew. Siege of Kovno and Riga–Schaulen offensive are Battles of World War I involving Germany and Battles of World War I involving Russia.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan

Vladimir (Karl Johan Woldemar) Alekseyevich Alftan; – 19 December 1940) was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Russian Army, military orientalist, and researcher of Korea.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Siege of Kovno and World War I are conflicts in 1915.

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10th Army (Russian Empire)

The 10th Army was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War.

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42 cm Gamma howitzer

The 42 cm kurze Marinekanone L/12, or Gamma-Gerät ("Gamma Device"), was a German siege gun built by Krupp.

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See also

1915 in Germany

1915 in the Russian Empire

February 1915 events

Kaunas Fortress

Military history of Kaunas

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kovno

Also known as Siege of Kaunas (1915).