Battle of Limanowa

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict = Battle of Limanowa
partof = the Eastern Front during World War I


caption =
date = December, 1914– March, 1915
place = Galicia Carpathian Mountains
result = Russian victory
combatant1 = flagicon|Russian Empire|size=25px Russian Empire
combatant2 = flagicon|Austria-Hungary|size=25px Austria-Hungary
flagicon|German Empire|size=25px German Empire
commander1 = flagicon|Russian Empire|size=25px Nikolai Ivanov
commander2 = flagicon|Austria-Hungary Conrad von Hötzendorf
strength1 =
strength2 =
casualties1 = ?
casualties2 = 320.000 dead, wounded and prisoners

Battle of Limanowa took place from December 1 and December 9, 1914, between Austro-Hungarian Army and Russian Army near the village of Limanowa (near Kraków).

Austro-Hungarian Army repelled a Russian breakthrough southwestwards between Limanowa and Kraków.

References

* John Keegan: "Der Erste Weltkrieg - Eine europäische Tragödie." – Rowohlt Taschenbuchverlag, Hamburg 2001. – ISBN 3-499-61194-5
* Manfried Rauchensteiner: "Der Tod des Doppeladlers: Österreich-Ungarn und der Erste Weltkrieg." – Graz, Wien, Köln: Styria, 1993. – ISBN 3-222-12116-8
* Norman Stone: "The Eastern Front 1914-1917." – Hodder and Stoughton, London 1985. – ISBN 0-340-36035-6
* Christian Zenter: "Der Erste Weltkrieg." – Mowegi-Verlag, Rastatt 2000. – ISBN 3-8118-1652-7