Battle of Łódź (1914)

Battle of Łódź
	Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
	; German soldiers enter Łódź on 6 December 1914
Date	11 November – 6 December 1914; (3 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Result	See aftermath
Belligerents
German Empire	Russian Empire Congress Poland;
Commanders and leaders
Paul von Hindenburg; Erich Ludendorff; August von Mackensen; Karl Litzmann; Alfred Bizen †; Winkler von Dankenschweil †; Otto von Henning †	Nikolai Ruzsky; Paul von Rennenkampf; Sergei Sheydeman; Paul von Plehwe
Units involved
Ninth Army	North-Western Front First Army; Second Army; Fifth Army;
Strength
Initially: ; 180,000 combat troops Other estimate: 380,000 infantry and cavalry (entire group), 1,420 guns, 700 machine guns	Initially: 367,000 combat troops ; 1,311 guns ; 740 machine guns
Casualties and losses
Official German medical reports ; 25,818 KIA, ; 76,451 WIA, ; 22,360 MIA ; Total 122,055160,000 total, including 36,000 KIA and 23,000 POWs; 23 cannons	Official Russian medical reports; 25,544 KIA, ; 117,882 WIA, ; 172,735 MIA ; Total 313,283

The Battle of Łódź took place from 11 November to 6 December 1914, near the city of Łódź in Poland. It was fought between greatly outnumbered troops of the German Ninth Army and the Russian First, Second, and Fifth Armies, in harsh winter conditions. The Germans redeployed their Ninth Army around Thorn, so as to threaten the Russian northern flank, following German reversals after the Battle of the Vistula River. The German objective was to prevent an invasion of Germany, and thus considered a success, though narrowly avoiding disaster. Battle had a strong impact on both the Western and Eastern fronts.

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