Von Hindenburg in Poland: The Warsaw-Lodz Campaign, 1914

Von Hindenberg in Poland The Warsaw-Lodz Campaign, 1914 In the wake of Russian successes in Galicia, Grand Duke Nicholas plotted an invasion to the mineral-rich German province of Silesia. To forestall this, von Hindenberg transferred four German corps from Prussia to the southwest corner of Poland and launched an offensive toward Warsaw. By 12 October, they had driven the Russians back to the Vistula, just south of Warsaw, but there, outnumbered and over-extended, they ran out of steam.…