Northwestern Front (Russian Empire)
The Northwestern Front (
First World War. It was established in August 1914 and existed for one year prior to being divided into the Northern Front and Western Front.[1]
The armies subordinated to the Western Front took part in the
Russian invasion of East Prussia
at the beginning of the war.
Commanders of the Northwestern Front
- 19.07.1914–03.09.1914 — General Yakov Zhilinskiy
- 03.09.1914–17.03.1915 — General Nikolai Ruzsky
- 17.03.1915–04.08.1915 — General Mikhail Alekseyev
Armies deployed on the Northwestern Front
- 1st Army (July 1914 – August 1915)
- 2nd Army (July 1914 – August 1915)
- 3rd Army (June 1915 – August 1915)
- 4th Army (June 1915 – August 1915)
- 5th Army (September 1914 – August 1915)
- 10th Army (August 1914 – August 1915)
- 12th Army (January 1915 – August 1915)
- 13th Army (June 1915 – August 1915)
See also
- List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units
References
- ^ Severozápadní front (1914-1915) (in Czech)
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