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Tannenberg

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Tannenberg (German) [ˈtanənbɛrk]
n
(Placename) a village in N Poland, formerly in East Prussia: site of a decisive defeat of the Teutonic Knights by the Poles in 1410 and of a decisive German victory over the Russians in 1914 Polish name Stȩbark
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Noun1.TannenbergTannenberg - a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians
battle of Tannenberg
First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II


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