Dezercje w armiach w czasie I wojny światowej

The First World War revealed a grand scale of desertion. The mass escapes of soldiers from the Russian army in 1917, the Austro-Hungarian army in 1918, and the German army in the second half of 1918 were one of the main reasons for the collapse of the armed forces of these states. Desertions in the victorious armies of France, Great Britain, and also the United States were much less common. Nevertheless, they were a severe warning that in a future war, this phenomenon could be one of the most significant problems of any army.