Great Retreat (disambiguation)
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The Great Retreat
refers to the period on the Western Front in 1914 between the Battle of the Frontiers
and the First Battle of the Marne
.
The Great Retreat also refers to:
Great Retreat
The Great Retreat, also known as the Retreat from Mons, is the name given to the long, fighting retreat by Allied forces to the River Marne, on the Western Front early in World War I, after their holding action against the Imperial German Armies at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914...
refers to the period on the Western Front in 1914 between the Battle of the Frontiers
Battle of the Frontiers
The Battle of the Frontiers was a series of battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium shortly after the outbreak of World War I. The battles represented a collision between the military strategies of the French Plan XVII and the German Schlieffen Plan...
and the First Battle of the Marne
First Battle of the Marne
The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle fought between 5 and 12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army under Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. The battle effectively ended the month long German offensive that opened the war and had...
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The Great Retreat also refers to:
- The Great Retreat (Serbian), the evacuation of Serbia in late 1915 following the invasion by the Central PowersCentral PowersThe Central Powers were one of the two warring factions in World War I , composed of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria...
- The Great Retreat (Russian)Great Retreat (Russian)The Great Retreat was a Russian retreat from Galicia and Poland during World War I.-Background:During this period, the buildup of forces generally favored the Central Powers. Four new German armies, the Eleventh, Twelfth, Army of the Niemen and Army Bug, were being formed up, dramatically shifting...
, the Russian Army's withdrawal from Poland starting on 22 July 1915 - The migration to the west of the KazakhsKazakhsThe Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....
tribes, escaping the advance of the Kalmyks people