'Russian STEAMROLLER

Question 1

what did russia do to make the war difficult on germany?

Answer 1

the russian armies invaded german territory right at the start of the war

Question 2

how and why did russia mess up BADLY?

Answer 2

• overestimated themselves
• spies/traitors informing enemy
• broken weapons
• lack of supplies
• broken railway
• many didn’t even have rifles
• poor morale
• inefficent organization
• terrible generals
• poor security
• bad healthcare

Question 3

result of russias failures

Answer 3

• the russians lose massively at tannenberg and masurian lake
• massive amounts of russians taken as war prisoners
• the two german generals were seen as national saviours (hindenburg and luddendorf)