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German Victories Reshape Eastern Europe - NICK-LLOYD-THE-EASERN-FRONT-PART ONE
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1914 CONRAD VAN HOTZENDORF
German Victories Reshape Eastern Europe
Nick Lloyd, author of The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914–1918, Part One: Lloyd details how the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered European mobilizations. Though Germany aimed for quick victory in the West, Russian forces invaded East Prussia, leading to a catastrophic Russian defeat at Tannenberg by Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Meanwhile, Austria-Hungary struggled severely in Galicia under Conrad von Hötzendorf. As warfare expanded across the Isonzo, Salonica, and Romania, Russia suffered huge material shortages during the 1915 Great Retreat, culminating in Tsar Nicholas II taking direct military command of troops. (1)