<P> The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I ( Russian : Восточный фронт , Vostochnıy front , sometimes called the `` Second Fatherland War '' or `` Second Patriotic War '' ( Russian : Вторая Отечественная война , Vtoraya Otechestvennaya voyna ) in Russian sources ) was a theatre of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro - Hungarian Empire , Bulgaria , the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on the other . It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south , included most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well . The term contrasts with `` Western Front '' , which was being fought in Belgium and France . </P>
<P> The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I ( Russian : Восточный фронт , Vostochnıy front , sometimes called the `` Second Fatherland War '' or `` Second Patriotic War '' ( Russian : Вторая Отечественная война , Vtoraya Otechestvennaya voyna ) in Russian sources ) was a theatre of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro - Hungarian Empire , Bulgaria , the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on the other . It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south , included most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well . The term contrasts with `` Western Front '' , which was being fought in Belgium and France . </P>
where was the eastern front located in world war 1
where was the eastern front located in world war 1
from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south , included most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe
from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south , included most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe