Sunday, March 22, 2015

The Explorers' Club, № CDXXXVII

Operation AXIOM: The World War
24 September 1914-22 March 1915: The Siege of Przemyśl—the investment & eventual capture of a major Austro-Hungarian fortress by forces of the Russian Empire, a severe blow from which Austria-Hungary would never recover.

Austro-Hungarian casualties: approximately 86,000 dead; 117,000 captured.
Russian casualties: approximately 115,000.






Lest we forget.

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