Eastern Front

#1 Deleted_burrbee_*

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Posted 18 May 2005 - 09:16 PM

I am having a hard time finding any information on fighting between the Austrian army and Russian White Army in the area of Northern Bukovyna (now present day Ukraine).

As well Romania occupied this area from about 1917 until Communism.

Does anyone have any leads, books, websites that they could point me to?

Thanks!

#2 Neil Burns

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Posted 19 May 2005 - 01:26 AM

Hi Burbee,
Unfortunately this region, like most of the Eastern Front is generally ignored in English. Try Norman Stone's The Eastern Front 1914-1917.
Take care,
Neil

#3 jhill

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Posted 19 May 2005 - 02:03 AM

I am afraid I do not have any really good references, but I have noticed that contemporary newspapers covered the eastern front as best they could. As an example, there are a number of clippings in New York newspapers refered to here . (Scroll down to the section "World War I in the Bukowsko Area". This is in Galicia rather than Bukowina, which is a bit to the east, but may be relevant.

You may also have read the memoirs of Fritz Kreisler, the violinist, which are available here . This also deals with Galicia, but should give us the flavour of the campaign in those areas.

I am afraid this is the best I can do just now.

#4 crapouillot

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Posted 20 May 2005 - 07:10 PM

I think I have what you want ! Try www.grwar.ru : it is in russian, but with a beautiful book section : some books about Galican campaign, Tannenberg, Brussilov Offensive and Caucasian front !!!!!
You can access it with a good translator like www.online-translator.com : don't if the traduction will be good between russian and english, but with french it is correct, and I can read it since some months.
A great ressource

#5 Deleted_Eugen Pinak_*

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Posted 31 May 2005 - 12:24 PM

Burbee, at that period there were neither Austian (was Austro-Hungarian) nor White Russian army in the North Bukovina (they just never entered this area).

If you're interested in fingting betwen A-H and Russian armies during WW I in this area, there are at least one book I know: multi-volume "History of Great War" (or something like this), published in UK in 1920s(?).

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Posted 09 June 2005 - 07:39 PM

You may have in reference the brief fight that occurred between the soldiers of the West Ukrainian Republic and Polish forces. The West Ukrainian Republic was established in early Nov. 1918 when members of the Austro-Hungarian Sich Regiment realized that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not going to survive. The regiment gathered at Lvov and the officers declared themselves to be the government of a territory stretching over eastern Galicia, nortwest Bokowina, and Carpatho-Ukraine. For a few days, they celebrated independence and looked forward to a union with the Ukraine whose government was led by Symon Petliura. However, the area was also coveted by the Poles who attacked in late November. There was heavy fighting in Lvov and the Republic's soldiers withdrew to Stanislaw where they pledged themselves to the Petliura government. No white Russian forces in the area. Source for this is Chamberlain, William H., The Ukraine, A submerged Nation, New York: MacMillan Co., 1944. Cheers