Brusilov Offensive

  • The Russians initiated the Lake Naroch offensive in the Vilnius area

  • General Brusilov replaces General Ivanov on 14-Apr-1916 by order of the Czar Nicholas II.

  • The tsar issues orders for accelerating the start of the Russian summer offensive

  • The Brusilov Offensive begins

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    Russia takes back land previously stolen by the Central Powers

  • End of the Brusilov offensive