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The Russian Front in 1917 Although the Russians had massed a force of 62 divisions, their morale and infrastructure was collapsing. Troops began deserting in huge numbers - as much as 2 million during March and April alone. There was a revolution in St. Petersburg. However, the new Provisional Government, under Kerensky, also directed the Russian forces, now under the command of Brusilov, to prepare an offensive. Brusilov launched his offensive on 18th June, but the Germans quickly repulsed it and forced the Russians into retreat. The Germans were using shock troops for the first time, and were able to push back the Russians and capture Riga on the Baltic sea. Russian morale collapsed completely. Brusilov was replaced by General L.G. Kornilov.

Contents of Military History of the First World War 1 The Central Powers and the Entente 2 The run-up to the war: The July Crisis, 1914 3 Military Planning in Advance of the War 4 Serbia and the Eastern Front, 1914 5 The Battle for the Marne 6 The Race to the Sea and the First Battle of Ypres 7 First Battle of Ypres 8 The Pacific 9 Africa 10 The Eastern Front during 1915 11 Italy enters the war 12 The Balkans 13 The Western Front 14 Gallipoli 15 The Western Front, 1916 16 Verdun 17 The Battle of the Somme 18 The Trentino Offensive 19 The Brusilov Offensive 20 Romania 21 The Russian Front in 1917 22 Mesopotamia 23 The Nivelle Offensive 24 The Third Battle of Ypres (The Battle of Passendaele) 25 Cambrai 26 Caporetto 27 German offensive in Russia, 1918 28 Ludendorff's offensive in the West 29 Allied counter-offensive

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