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...
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First Riga offensive was a military operation of the German Imperial Army with to divert Russian forces from the direction of the main blow of the German...
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Summer 1915, Imperial German Army began the Riga–Schaulen offensive and advanced towards Lithuania and Kaunas. The Germans reached Kaunas in July 1915...
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Great Retreat (Russia) (section Offensive)
citadel on 26 August. Otto von Below's Army of the Niemen during Riga–Schaulen offensive advanced into southern Latvia, while Scholtz's Tenth Army advanced...
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Operation Bagration (redirect from Belorussian Offensive)
city of Šiauliai (Russian: Шяуляй; German: Schaulen). The 43rd, 51st, and 2nd Guards Armies attacked towards Riga on the Baltic coast with 3rd Guards Mechanised...
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Paul von Hindenburg (section Brusilov Offensive)
Russians attacked the German lines west of Riga but were ultimately thwarted. When looking back on the Russian offensive, Hindenburg admitted that another attack...
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victory) Riga–Schaulen offensive (German victory) Siege of Kovno (German victory) Siege of Novogeorgievsk (German victory) Strypa offensive (Central powers...
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the Šiauliai offensive commenced, as a follow-up from Operation Bagration. The Soviet 43rd, 51st, and 2nd Guards Armies attacked towards Riga on the Baltic...
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capped the year in the East by capturing the strong Russian fortress of Riga in September 1917, starting with a brief, overwhelming artillery barrage...
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command. The Army of the Niemen took part in the successful German Riga–Schaulen offensive. In the meantime, the 8th Army got a deputy commander, General...
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