Second Battle of Bolimów
| Second Battle of Bolimów | |||||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||||
German gas attacks near Bolimow on 31 May 1915 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Paul von Hindenburg Erich Ludendorff | Vladimir Smirnov | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Ninth Army | Second Army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 296,303 | 307,702 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 7,109 |
46,310
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The Second Battle of Bolimów was a battle of World War I between the Imperial German Army and Imperial Russian Army. The Germans, using poison gases, inflicted heavy losses on the Russian troops, but could not use the success and limited themselves to minimal acquisitions.
Russian's fierce resistance thwarted the German headquarters' attempts to encircle the Russians in Poland and allowed the latter to set up defensive positions to which they would have to withdraw as a result of the great retreat.