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Events on Wednesday 20 September 1916 2
1916Brusilov OffensiveMajor Russian offensive against Austro-Hungarian forcesRussian General Alexei Brusilov launched a massive offensive against Austro-Hungarian forces along the Eastern Front. It was one of the most successful Russian offensives of the war, inflicting huge casualties but exhausting Russian reserves in the process.
1916The Brusilov OffensiveGalicia, Eastern FrontThe most successful Russian operation of the war, and one of the most lethal offensives in history. It broke the Austro-Hungarian army as an independent force and exhausted Russia's own.