Eastern Front

The Western Front stretched from Belgium in the north to Switzerland in the south. The line of fighting on the Eastern side of Europe between Russia and Germany and Austria-Hungary is typically known as the Eastern Front. Fighting began on the Eastern front when Russia invaded East Prussia on August 17, 1914. Germany would then immediately launch a counter-offensive and pushed Russia back. A pattern of attack and counter-attack continued for the first two years of the war an meant that the Eastern Front changed position as land was captured and lost by both sides, making it more versatile and adaptive compared to the Western Front.

The primary differences between the Western and Eastern fronts was the brutality of the fighting. The Western Front faced far many more casualties than the Eastern front, while also being physically shorter than the Eastern front. Due to the Western Front being more industrialized, it also had more advanced weaponry such as tanks and planes. There was also chemical warfare on the Western Front, which saw Germany using it against citizens in Belgium. While not having as much carnage on the Eastern Front, since most of the individuals occupied on the Eastern Front did not want to fight for the Tsar