Hi Gang,
while the history of the trench warfare on the Western Front is well known, not much is known about the Eastern Front.(at least to me). Anyone knows about the trenches and positions on the Eastern Front, no matter German, Russian or Austria-Hungary.

TIA
H.-H.

sorry i'm not that astute, but I did enjoy many of the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FgaL0xIazk&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxMK8YelHj6VS6w3KxuKsMvT

and perhaps you can pick the ones which apply to your research.

Yep..this channel is a must if you're interested in that period. I'm watching them all

Google search "combat ww1 eastern front". Bunch of photos there. Italian / Balkans would be interesting. Hard to dig trenches on a vertical cliff at 10000 ft. !

Does Osprey have any books on the eastern front? Seem to remember one on Tannenburg.

Thanks guys, I see to it this weekend.

It`s called Tannenberg.

Maybe worth a look ?





H.P.

Thanks! Who is publishing this?

The publisher is Pen and Sword.

https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Army-First-World-Images/dp/1848847521

H.P.

Got these from www.christian-schmidt.com

They also cover the easternfront .


loads of great pictures

Prit Bruttar's 4 book series on the WW1 Eastern Front is fantastic. Not books full of pictures but they cover the theatre in devastating detail from start to finish. Highly recommended for an overview of what went on there.

Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914. 2014. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781782006480

Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915. 2015. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472807953

Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916-17. 2016. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 147281276X

The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-21. 2017. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472819857

I have a great article on the Russian Front in a magazine called Command. If interested drop me a PM and I'll see if I can scan it and e-mail it to you. Not much on the trenches but a great over view.

Not real trench warfare on the Eastern Front. It was much less static than in the West.
Norman Stone wrote a good book about it :

Here a bit on the Italian / Austro-Hungarian end of the world. Where Rommel cut his teeth. https://mentalfloss.com/article/548961/wwi-centennial-austria-hungarys-last-gasp

Hard to dig a trench HERE!!!


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/most-treacherous-battle-world-war-i-italian-mountains-180959076/

Italian trench