Second Battle of The Masurian Lakes - Outcome

Outcome

The Second Battle of Masurian Lakes ended the German offensive in the north. The Russians had suffered severe losses of soldiers and ground, but they had prevented the Germans from advancing far into Russia. Germany had also failed to come close to knocking Russia out of the war. Further south, Alexander von Linsingen's offensive had failed with the severe losses and the fortress at Przemysl had been forced to surrender to the Russians. Overall the Austro-Hungarian/German offensive of 1915 had failed in its major objectives. The German high command ended operations in which Germans operated as an independent force, supporting Austrian campaigns in the south. From this point on in the war, Germany and Austria-Hungary functioned under joint operations on the Eastern Front. A further ourcome was that Alexandr Bogdanov, serving as a doctor with the 221st Roslav infantry Regiment (III Corps), succombed to a nervous disorder and retired from active service to become a junior surgeon in an evacuation hospital.