The Great War

Season 12, Episode 5

Episode Title: Russia's Great Retreat 1915

Air Date: 2025-05-09

Overview:

In May 1915, the Central Powers launched one of the greatest offensive operations of the First World War. The armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary planned to smash their way through Russia lines and tip the strategic balance in their favor. The result was one of the biggest and bloodiest campaigns of the war, known today as the Great Russian Retreat.