World War I - Eastern Front (1914-1918) - Every Day

Most likely this is the most hardest for me video on my channel. Despite the title of the video is Eastern Front of the World War 1, I decided to include also Balkan front, Italian front and the part of Middle Eastern front (Caucasian front). This video will show the whole chronology of hostilities of the First World War in these regions on the map (every day, animation).

Eastern front of the WW1 (or Great War) is the second in order of importance for Germany and it was much more extended. The front in the east was much longer than that in the west. The theater of war was roughly delimited by the Baltic Sea in the west and Minsk in the east, and Saint Petersburg in the north and the Black Sea in the south, a distance of more than 1,600 kilometres (990 mi). This had a drastic effect on the nature of the warfare. While the war on the Western Front developed into trench warfare (Battle of Marne, Battle of Somme Battle of Verdun in France), the battle lines on the Eastern Front were much more fluid and trenches never truly developed. This was because the greater length of the front ensured that the density of soldiers in the line was lower so the line was easier to break. Once broken, the sparse communication networks made it difficult for the defender to rush reinforcements to the rupture in the line, mounting rapid counteroffensives to seal off any breakthrough.

Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip on 28 June 1914, a month later Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. German Empire at head of Wilhelm 2 declared war on Russian Empire on 1 August 1914, Austria-Hungary did it on 6 August 1914. Ottoman Empire also joined the Central Powers but 1914 was the year of victories for Russian army. Everything changed in 1915. By mid-1915, the Russians had been expelled from Poland, Lithuania, part of Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine during the Great Retreat. Battle of Osowiec became famous in this period. Brussilov offensive in 1916 was the sounding victory for Russia but it suffered very high casualties. It was the reason for February Revolution in 1917 after which discipline in the Russian army dropped dramatically, soldiers didn't want to fight. Bolsheviks at head of Vladimir Lenin took power in Russia during the October Revolution. They signed the humiliating Treaty of Brest with Central Powers in 1918 and Russia completely emerged from the war. Germany surrendered after the November Revolution eight months later, during that Russia was divided into several political camps because of civil war. Eventually Bolsheviks won and USSR was established in 1922. Treaty of Versailles between Germany and Entente was signed in 1919.

Sources:
Wikipedia
Almanac of World War I by David F. Burg, L. Edward Purcell
Invasion: The Conquest of Serbia, 1915: The Conquest of Serbia, 1915 by Richard L. DiNardo
Local region sites for the Russian civil war

Music:
1. Soundtrack 2 from "Первая мировая" by StarMedia
2. The begin of creation by Boris Kukoba from "Soviet Storm" by StarMedia
3. Chimera by Boris Kukoba from "Soviet Storm" by StarMedia
4. Calm etude by Boris Kukoba from "Soviet Storm" by StarMedia
5. Fleeing from the War by Boris Kukoba from "Soviet Storm" by StarMedia
6. The big action by Boris Kukoba from "Soviet Storm" by StarMedia

Software for creating this video:
Movavi Video Editor 2021 plus

[CherepashkaShusha]

Without exaggeration, each project on my channel is the part of my soul. Videos release one time in 3-5 months but despite this fact you keep watching them. It is very-very important for me, thank you very much guys!

[GandalfGreyhame]

Showing the Russian Revolution and Civil War in such detail when it isn't even the main focus of the video is honestly amazing

[the_borys]

My man literally mapped Russian Civil War as side-conflict. Respect

[malopracing]

It's safe to say that San Marino saved the Entente

[jeepmega]

Love how the drop at 8:01 is perfectly timed.
I also find it insane how much action the Eastern Front saw, while the Western Front looks like it's on pause.

[dummy_historian]

За детализацию и сложность темы - отдельный лайк!
Внятной карты по этому периоду и уж тем более региону вообще нет в YouTube

[ekpyrosis]

Чел, ты помимо основной темы детально показал октябрьскую революцию, оба ледяных похода, степной поход и поход Яссы-Дон. За это тебе нереальное уважение.

[adler]

Одно из лучших видео по Восточному фронту ПМВ. Что важно: не просто видео, где карта из синего в красный цвет переливается, а с историческими справками и другими не менее важными деталями.

Не теряй планку, это действительно круто

[LaunchKaffee]

this channel isn't just informational, but also even inspirational. Love your work

[burtmingus]

The effort you put into these videos is jawdropping, lots of people don’t understand how hard mapping is

[goodolfloki]

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I am a big fan of yours brother and I love your mapping, it surpasses other mappers and the quality is the best, keep it up. And good luck :D

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[JACKSON]

This channel is so underrated, how does it not have at least 500k subs?

[kolbergtuis]

I love how you added the ocean borders too

[JACKSON]

1:30 Hostilities begin
1:39 Russia pushes into northeastern Austria-Hungary
1:58 Ottoman Empire shells Russian ports in the Black Sea and joins the war
2:18 Austria briefly occupies Belgrade
2:33 Russia's furthest ground gains in Austria-Hungary during the war
3:09 Russia moves into northeastern Ottoman territory
3:13 Italy joins the Entente
3:58 Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria begin offensive into Serbia, causing it to fall
4:59 Ottoman port of Trabson is captured by Russia
5:41 Romania joins the Entente and attacks Austria-Hungary
7:25 Bolsheviks briefly fight a war in Petrograd
7:42 Russia fights a brief war with Kornilov's Forces
8:01 Russia descends into a civil war with the Bolsheviks
8:33 Central powers begin a massive offensive into Bolshevik controlled territory
9:44 Entente begin an offensive into the balkans, causing Bulgaria to collapse soon after
9:54 Austria-Hungary begins falling apart, Ottoman Empire collapses
9:59 Germany collapses, marking the end of the war

[fullcirclehistory]

This is honestly amazing. I can’t imagine the time, effort, and work that went into this video. It is so well made and I hope it will get many more views as it deserves!

[sagittario]

Not only is the mapping done really well, but I also simply love your music choice of using the soundtracks from Soviet Storm and the World War 1 series by StarMedia. Simply amazing.

[WarDestinyMapping]

This vid deserve more views... you put so much effort into it, that's really amazing!!
This is the most detailed WWI Eastern Front I've ever seen.

[ptolemy_]

Massive respect for all this detail man, this video could be used in history courses

[Euanverse]

One of the best mapping videos I’ve seen, 1918 was just incredible to watch!

[originalhistory]

The amount of detail you put into your videos is astounding. I learn something new every time I watch one of them. Great work and keep it up! Thank you for covering this major part of the war!