Siege of Kaunas (1915)

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The Siege of Kaunas (1915) was a major World War I Eastern Front operation in which German forces captured the strategically important Russian-held fortress city of Kaunas after intense artillery bombardment and assault.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fall of Kowno (1915) 1
Siege of Kaunas (1915) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fall of Kowno (1915) ⓘ
attackingForce German 10th Army ⓘ
linked to: German Tenth Army

German heavy artillery units ⓘ
capturedBy German 10th Army ⓘ
linked to: German Tenth Army
characterizedBy assault on fortress forts ⓘ
intense artillery bombardment ⓘ
combatantCommander Karl Litzmann ⓘ
Otto von Below ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
consequence German control of key Niemen River crossing ⓘ
weakening of Russian defensive system in Northwestern Front ⓘ
countryInvolved German Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
defendedBy Russian Imperial Army ⓘ
defendingCommander Vladimir Grigoriev ⓘ
defendingForce Russian garrison of Kaunas Fortress ⓘ
endTime 1915-08-18 ⓘ
followedBy German advance toward Vilnius ⓘ
fortificationType ring fortress ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
garrisonSurrenderedTo German forces ⓘ
historicalRegion Kovno Governorate ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Lithuania ⓘ
location Kaunas ⓘ
Kaunas Fortress ⓘ
militaryTheater Northern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
objective capture of Russian-held fortress city of Kaunas ⓘ
outcome fall of Kaunas Fortress to German forces ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front (World War I) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front

German 1915 summer offensive on the Eastern Front ⓘ
precededBy Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
significance capture of one of the major Russian fortresses in the northwest ⓘ
facilitated German advance into Lithuania ⓘ
startTime 1915-08-06 ⓘ
strategicObjective breach of Russian defensive line on the Niemen River ⓘ
capture of Kaunas Fortress ⓘ
timePeriod August 1915 ⓘ
usedTactic infantry assault on breached forts ⓘ
systematic siege artillery preparation ⓘ
usedWeapon 305 mm howitzers ⓘ
420 mm howitzers ⓘ
heavy siege artillery ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaunas Fortress → significantEvent → Siege of Kaunas (1915) ⓘ
Siege of Kaunas (1915) → alsoKnownAs → Fall of Kowno (1915) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Kaunas (1915)