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Gorlice–Tarnów offensive (1915)
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2 May 1915 — Mackensen’s breakthrough on a 50-km front unhinges the whole Russian line. By September the Great Retreat has surrendered Poland, Lithuania and a million prisoners — and made Russia’s home front a rumor mill of treason.
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- Gallipoli and the widening of WWI (chapter 6 of WWI)
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- The Great War, 1871–1923
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