Russia's Great Retreat 1915 (WW1 Documentary)

Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end?ref=the-great-war 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. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Rose Flaglor, Reed Spilmann, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Dowling, Timothy. “Eastern Front,” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/eastern-front/#toc_1915_breakthrough_and_retreat Gattrell, Peter. Russia’s First World War: A Social and Economic History. Routledge, 2005. Le Naour, Jean-Yves. 1915. L’enlisement. Perrin, 2013. Lloyd, Nick. The Eastern Front. Viking, 2024. Neiberg, Michael and David Jordan. The Eastern Front 1914-1920. Amber Books, 2012. Rauchensteiner, Manfried. Der Erste Weltkrieg und das Ende der Habsburgermonarchie 1914–1918. Böhlau, 2013. Stone, David. The Russian Army in the Great War. The Eastern Front 1914-1917. University Press of Kansas, 2015. Stone, Norman. The Eastern Front 1914-1917. Penguin, 1998 (1975). Watson, Alexander. Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918. Черкасов, Александр et al. “Атака мертвецов (Осовец, 1915 г.): миф или реальность” in Былые годы. No. 4 (22), 2011. https://cherkasgu.press/images/books/pdf/ataka-mertvetsov-osovets-1915-g-mif-ili-realnost.pdf Подвиг псковича, no. 1104, 1915. » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller, Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image. All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2025