Selasa, 28 Maret 2017

How to Prepare for a Battle: Riga

At Riga in 1917, the German Eighth Army showed the Russians how it’s done. The German army offensive to capture the Latvian seaport city of Riga and destroy the Russian Twelfth Army was one of the most complex—and meticulously planned—operations of World War I. It required a combat crossing of nine divisions at the Düna …

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