Attack of the Dead Men

The Attack of the Dead Men was a battle in the Eastern Front of World War I. It was fought at Osowiec Fortress in the Russian Empire (nowadays Poland) on August 6, 1915. It was fought between the 11th Landwehr Division of the Imperial German Army, commanded by Paul von Hindenberg, against the 226th Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army, commanded by Vladimir Kotlinsky. The battle was infamous because the zombie-like Russian soldiers resembled walking, rotting corpses thanks to excessive poison gas attacks.