What was one major consequence of russia's victories against austria-hungary on world war i's eastern front
a. the ottoman empire joined the war on the side of the central powers.
b. germany was forced to shift some of its forces away from the western front.
c. the allied powers were forced to abandon their invasion of turkey in the gallipoli campaign.
d. italy launched a surprise attack against russian territories in eastern europe.

Germany was forced to shift some of its forces away from the Western Front

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