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Part 5.6

  For months, the Ruthenian Front on the Dnieper was silent. Any attempt to start another season of Campaigning by crossing the Dnieper would be suicidal. Instead, for these quiet months, the French and Russians dug tunnels beneath the river near Kiev to get around this problem. Then in September, diggers from enemy sides came across each other accidentally. They reported back to their superiors, who in turn threw troops down the tunnels, thus beginning the battle of Kiev, or the battle of the Bloody Dnieper.

  After a few minutes of fighting in the tunnels, the waters of the Dnieper rumbled, the earth shook, buildings fell, and great waves hit Kiev. The tunnels had collapsed, killing thousands of soldiers instantly. The bloodiest second in human history. As the tunnels collapsed, the defensives on both sides were damaged, and in the resulting confusion both sides crossed the Dnieper in a series of attacks and counter-attacks, hoping to break the stalemate. After several days, commanders from both sides agreed to a truce to regain their bearings, finally ending the battle.

  Locals had already by this point started referring to the Dnieper as the “Red-Tinted Dnieper,” but this event in particular is referred much more bluntly as the Bloody Dnieper, thus the name of "The Battle of the Bloody Dnieper". Some reported that the river water downstream was noticeably thicker. Upwards of a 100,000 died on both sides on the deadliest days so far in the war. The Geography of the Dnieper was changed as the river bed sank by 2 meters, changing the normally calm Kievan section of the river into rapids.

  After the battle, officers on both the French and Russian sides came to the conclusion that any attempt to break the deadlock on the Dnieper would require a campaign of incalculable proportions. While the Russians started to breath a sigh of relief, the French set their eyes once more on Constantinople, the City of the World’s Desire.

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  First campaign of Late 1915! I ended up doing this one first because I realized that this one had so many consequences that it really had to go first to give context to everything else. I already have Middle East Late 1915 done as well, so tomorrow I'll put that that up.

Description
Part 5.6

  For months, the Ruthenian Front on the Dnieper was silent. Any attempt to start another season of Campaigning by crossing the Dnieper would be suicidal. Instead, for these quiet months, the French and Russians dug tunnels beneath the river near Kiev to get around this problem. Then in September, diggers from enemy sides came across each other accidentally. They reported back to their superiors, who in turn threw troops down the tunnels, thus beginning the battle of Kiev, or the battle of the Bloody Dnieper.

  After a few minutes of fighting in the tunnels, the waters of the Dnieper rumbled, the earth shook, buildings fell, and great waves hit Kiev. The tunnels had collapsed, killing thousands of soldiers instantly. The bloodiest second in human history. As the tunnels collapsed, the defensives on both sides were damaged, and in the resulting confusion both sides crossed the Dnieper in a series of attacks and counter-attacks, hoping to break the stalemate. After several days, commanders from both sides agreed to a truce to regain their bearings, finally ending the battle.

  Locals had already by this point started referring to the Dnieper as the “Red-Tinted Dnieper,” but this event in particular is referred much more bluntly as the Bloody Dnieper, thus the name of "The Battle of the Bloody Dnieper". Some reported that the river water downstream was noticeably thicker. Upwards of a 100,000 died on both sides on the deadliest days so far in the war. The Geography of the Dnieper was changed as the river bed sank by 2 meters, changing the normally calm Kievan section of the river into rapids.

  After the battle, officers on both the French and Russian sides came to the conclusion that any attempt to break the deadlock on the Dnieper would require a campaign of incalculable proportions. While the Russians started to breath a sigh of relief, the French set their eyes once more on Constantinople, the City of the World’s Desire.

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  First campaign of Late 1915! I ended up doing this one first because I realized that this one had so many consequences that it really had to go first to give context to everything else. I already have Middle East Late 1915 done as well, so tomorrow I'll put that that up.