The Brusilov Offensive

Index

index air forces: German, 29, 145; Russian, 8, 44, 58, 145, 175; Alekseev, Mikhail V., 1–3, 12, 26, 30, 31, 87, 93, 100, 113, 126, 137, 138, 140, 149, 162; as chief of staff, 33, 37, 175; in the Russian Revolutions, xvii, xix–xxi, 180n37, 182n50; disapproves of Brusilov’s plans, 60–61; focus on Kovel, 144–45; relations with Kuropatkin and Evert, 90–91, 99, 111–12; on Romania, 153–54, 159, 183n32; Alexandra, Tsarina, 34, 60, 91, 131 ammunition, 7, 36 artillery: Austro-Hungarian, 5, 43, 45, 51, 55, 172; German, 5; Russian, 4, 5, 36, 43, 45–46; shell, 6, 36, 46, 59 Arz von Straussberg, Artur, 69, 74, 141, 154, 157, 158 Auffenberg, Moritz, 15, 25 Benigni: Army Group, 58, 67, 69, 114; Seigmund, 69, 70, 74–76, 78, 115, 134, 172 Bernhardi, Friedrich von, 96, 111, 126, 130, 131, 133, 147 Beskiden Korps, 26 Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von, 33 Bezobrazov, Aleksandr, 100, 102, 126, 130–31, 136–37, 144–45, 149 Böhm-Ermolli, Eduard, 65, 82, 85–86, 93, 117, 119–21, 126, 133–34, 138–40, 172 Bothmer, Felix von, 65, 67, 69, 74, 76, 106, 115, 117, 125, 127 Brest-Litovsk, 31–32, 88, 113 Brody, 95, 102, 116–17, 119–22, 125; railroad to Lemberg (L’vov) 138, 146 Brudermann, Adolf, 15, 25, 114, 116 Brusilov, Alexei A., 1–3, 34–35, 37–41, 95–103, 107–112, 114, 117, 120, 127, 129–30, 132, 134, 136–38, 140, 143–45, 147, 149–51, 153, 155, 158, 160, 162–65; in 1914–1915 battles, 15–16, 25–27; plans for the offensive , 41–47; 52, 57–58, 61–62, 65, 68–69, 78, 82, 86–88; in Russian Revolutions, xvii–xxi, 180n37; relations with Kuropatkin and Evert, 90–93; assessment of offensive, 163, 175–76 Budenny, Semeyon, xxi Bukovina, 28, 50, 77, 92, 99, 102–104, 113, 115–16, 122, 134, 138, 143–44, 149–51, 163–64, 166, 176 Bulgaria, xii, 150–157 Burian von Rajecz, Istvan (Stephen), 123–24 Carpathian Mountains, 16, 22–24, 26, 28, 30, 75, 78, 100, 114–16, 135–38, 140, 143, 152, 155 206index casualties: Austro-Hungarian, 15–16, 22, 24, 50, 58, 59, 67, 128–29, 163, 167–70; Russian, 15–16, 19, 20, 23–24, 29, 30, 35–36, 50, 101, 111 Champagne Offensive of 1915, 42, 58 Chantilly: Conference of December 1915, 1; Conference of November 1916, 162 Cholm, 14, 32 Churchill, Winston, xi, xiii communications, Russian, 7 Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz, 16, 20–22; 35, 40, 50–51, 57, 59–60, 63, 74–75, 77, 110, 115–16, 119, 150, 152–53, 169–70, 172–73; as military theorist, 9, 182n32; and Italy, 49–50, 57, 60, 88–90, 164–66; relations with German commanders , 24–25, 27–28, 31, 33, 48–49, 80–82, 88–90, 102–106, 122–125, 153, 172–73; war plans, 14 Czeremosz River, 114, 135 Czernovitz, 23–24, 69, 77–78, 102, 115, 135, 158, 176 Danilov, Iuri N., 7, 12 Dankl, Viktor, 15 defensive positions, Austro-Hungarian, 42, 51–59 Denikin, Anton I., xii, 40–41, 154, 161 Dmitrev, Radko, 28, 30 Dniester River, 14, 70, 72, 74, 76–77, 90, 104–105, 114, 122, 124, 140–41 drumming fire, 42, 45, 171, 187n8 Dukla Pass, 26, 41 Eugen, Archduke, 25, 104 Evert, Aleksei, 1–3, 43, 60, 86–88, 90–91, 93, 99–101, 106–109, 112–13, 149, 158, 162, 175 Falkenhayn, Erich, 20, 30–31, 33, 35–36, 47–49, 63, 87–88, 102–106, 110–11, 113–14, 116, 118, 120, 122–26, 130, 134, 141, 143, 164, 170; and Romania , 151–53, 157–58; proposals for unified command, 89–90, 105–106, 123–25, 153, 173; plans GorliceTarnow Offensive, 27–28, 31, 33; relations with Conrad, 31, 48, 57, 59, 80, 89, 102–104, 164; Verdun strategy, 41, 49, 57, 102, 104, 124, 152, 165–66, 167 Fath, Heinrich, 133, 146–47 fortresses, Russian, 31, 32 Francois, Hermann, 18–20, 29 Franz Josef, 57, 106, 124–25, 173 Friedrich, Archduke, 25, 43, 124–25, 153 Galicia, xv, xvii, 5, 14, 16, 25, 28, 30, 35, 40, 82, 113 gas, poison, xii, 23, 51, 69, 72, 118, 127, 166 Gnila Lipa River, 15 Golovine, Nicholas N., xiii, 7–8 Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, 28–29, 31, 33, 35, 40 Guards Army, xx, 91, 99–100, 111, 113, 117, 126, 129–31, 137, 144–47, 149, 158, 162...