Turning Points: The Eastern Front in 1915

by Richard L. DiNardo

Overview

This book provides a comprehensive and illuminating study of some of the most crucial campaigns on the Eastern Front during what was perhaps the most momentous year of World War I in that battleground.

Turbaning Points: The Eastern Front in 1915 offers a well-researched and fascinating study of war in a distinct theater of operations and shows how it was impacted by diplomacy, coalition warfare, command, technology, and the environment in which it is conducted. In contrast to those on the Western Front, lines in the east in 1915 moved hundreds of miles. Although the work focuses more on the Central Powers, significant attention is also given to the Russians.

The book follows the course of events on the Eastern Front during the critical year of 1915, proceeding chronologically from January 1915 to the end of active operations in October, with a brief mention of some action in December. In addition to the better-known campaigns in the Carpathians and Gorlice-Tarnów, the work covers lesser-known operations including the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, the Austro-Hungarian "Black-Yellow" offensive into eastern Galicia, and the German move into Lithuania. Naval action on the Baltic Sea is also covered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440844546
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/24/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	258
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Richard L. DiNardo is professor for national security affairs at the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College at Quantico, VA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Maps xv

Chapter 1 Best Laid Plans and Their Miscarriage: The 1914 Campaigns in the East 1

Chapter 2 Strategists, Strategy, Operations, and Coalition Warfare 27

Chapter 3 Equipping the Man and Manning the Equipment 39

Chapter 4 Bloody Winter: January-February 1915 51

Chapter 5 Spring Crisis: March-April 1915 69

Chapter 6 Spring Reversal: May-June 1915 89

Chapter 7 The Summer of Advance and Retreat: July-August 1915 107

Chapter 8 Action on the Flanks: September-October 1915 133

Chapter 9 Aftermath and Assessments 147

Notes 161

Bibliography 233

Index 247