Lake Naroch offensive

Lake Naroch offensive
	Part of Eastern Front during World War I
	; Eastern Front prior to the Brusilov Offensive
Date	18–30 March 1916
Location	Lake Narach, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
Result	Tactical German victory German offensive on Verdun has been temporarily halted;
Belligerents
German Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Hermann von Eichhorn	Alexei Kuropatkin; Alexei Evert
Units involved
10th Army	2nd Army
Strength
81,975; 720 guns	372,932; 887 guns
Casualties and losses
20,000 casualties; (German estimate); 40,000 casualties; (Russian estimate)	110,000 casualties; (German estimate); 76,409 casualties; (12,000 due to hypothermia); (Russian estimate)

The Lake Naroch offensive in 1916 was an unsuccessful Russian offensive on the Eastern Front in World War I. It was launched at the request of Marshal Joseph Joffre and intended to relieve the German pressure on French forces. Due to lack of reconnaissance, Russian artillery support failed to overcome and neutralise the well-fortified German defenses and artillery positions, leading to costly and unproductive direct attacks, hindered by the weather. On 30 March General Evert ordered a halt to the offensive.

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