Fall of Belgrade (1915)

Fall of Belgrade (1915)
Part of the Serbian Campaign of the Balkans Theatre of World War I

Austro-Hungarian troops cross the Danube covered by fire from the Danube monitors (illustration by W. Stöwer, 1915)
Date5–16 October 1915
Location44°49′04″N 20°27′25″E / 44.81778°N 20.45694°E / 44.81778; 20.45694
Result Decisive Central Powers victory
Belligerents
 Serbia  Austria-Hungary
 German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Units involved

The Fall of Belgrade (Serbian Cyrillic: Пад Београда, German: Der Fall von Belgrad) was a military engagement between the joint armies of Austria-Hungary and German Empire against Serbia in October 1915, during the Serbian Campaign of 1915 of World War I. After the fighting between 5 and 16 October 1915 Belgrade was finally occupied by Austro-Hungarian Third Army and German Eleventh Army, while successfully establishing two bridgeheads to serve as base for further operations of the Central Powers armies in the Balkans Theatre.[1]

  1. ^ Neiberg 2011, p. 149.