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16. Austro-Hungarian and German troops in the Carpathians at the beginning of 1915. During the course of the fighting in autumn 1914, the first German formations were inserted into the Imperial and Royal fronts in the east. The pinnacle of the joint conduct of war was the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive, which succeeded for the most part inreconquering Galicia. With the progression of the war and in view of the inescapable weaknesses of the Imperial and Royal troops, more and more German soldiers were inserted into the southern sector of the eastern front. Tensions were almost unavoidable.