1914–1915 Blood and Snow: The Battle of the Carpathians

The provided episode offers a detailed overview of significant military campaigns on the Eastern Front of World War I, primarily focusing on the battles fought in the Carpathian region between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary and Germany) and the Russian Empire. Specifically, the episode describe the Winterschlacht in den Karpaten (December 1914 to March/April 1915), an extremely costly campaign for the Central Powers aimed at relieving the besieged fortress of Przemyśl and preventing a Russian invasion of Hungary. We also focus on the preceding, but related, Schlacht bei Limanowa–Lapanow (December 1914), a tactical Austrian victory that temporarily averted a Russian breakthrough. Additionally we provide context by listing these events within the Kriegsverlauf (war course) of World War I, alongside other operational, political, and cultural aspects of the era.