Operacja Łódzka 1914 – Armia cieni
Łódź Operation 1914 – army of shadows

Summary/Abstract: In this article I would like to share with my readers a bit of excitement which accompanied me in my trip through space and time – the trip to the biggest and almost totally forgotten battle of the First World War. The outbreak of the First World War is very well described and as a historical fact does not require at the moment any wider description. However, it may remain unknown that the armies of the occupant states included not only the nationals of the given states but also the natives who lived on those territories. This mechanism caused a mass conscription of Poles who were later sent to the fronts to fight against other armies which often included many other Poles. Historians assess that out of all the soldiers taking part in the Łódź Operation (about seven hundred thousand soldiers of whom two hundred thousand died during three weeks of the Łódź Operation) at least 20% were Poles. This truth is being discovered now due to 170 graveyards and cemetery objects scattered around Łódź where the fights took place.

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