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Verdun Attack and Eastern Front: Ludendorff’s Hidden Calculations
The article explains Verdun as a strategic German objective with contested aims, noting its impact on Russian offensives and the western front. It discusses Ludendorff’s views on collateral fronts, the risk of weakening the east, and the interplay between German and Austro Hungarian commands during 1915–1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene 7
Verdun
France
Falkenhayn
Kaiser
Somme
Courland
Lithuania
Riga
Russia
America
England
Ladendorf
Alexieff
Brussilos
Briey-Longwy
Serbia
Montenegro
Isonso
Italy
Tyrol
Argonne Forest
Sedan
Metz
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Asiago Arsilero
Romania
Rumania
Kumania
Vilna
Smorgon
Berlin
Kovino
Morgon
Varetch
Viadhniev
Sventsiany-Potnavy
Dvinsk
Kovno
Niemen
Sventsiany
Visehniev-Norotch
Postavy
Vidsy
Jakobstadt
Tenth Army
Col. Hoffman
Baltic
Baronovice
Pripet
Smorgen
Tuga
Lutsk
Tarnopol
Dniester
Bukovina
Brunsiloff
Baranovice
Austria-Hungary
Carpathians
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Leopold
Charleville
Pless
Teschen
Prince Leopold
Woyrsch
East
Gulf of Riga
Skaggerack
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Seattle Chain Company
Colorado Street