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battle of Tannenberg - a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians

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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As we know, neither front was resolved, although the Eastern Front, much more mobile than the Western, was somewhat neutralized by the Battle of Tannenberg, 26-30 August 1914, when Russian forces were decisively defeated by actions that certainly could claim a resemblance to the tactics at Cannae.

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The German high command, both during and after the war, pointed to the Battle of Tannenberg as the ideal operation.

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Early on, the Germans handed the Imperial Russian Army a severe defeat at the battle of Tannenberg, while fighting continued to rage with the Austro-Hungarian Army for control of the Carpathians to the south.

The first squeeze-bore: military necessity trumps safety, and captured Russian rifles were modified by the Austro-Hungarians in ways arms designers never imagined!

(3) Russia suffered stinging losses soon after the outbreak of hostilities, particularly in the Battle of Tannenberg against Germany.

The Gallipoli campaign: learning from a mismatch of strategic ends and means

The Russians captured smaller numbers of rifles from their German opponents, although after the disastrous battle of Tannenberg (August 23-30, 1914)--which saw 78,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded and 92,000 captured--the Germans continued to defeat the Russians with alarming regularity, giving them little opportunity to capture any significant amount of German equipment.

Russian rifles of the great war, revolution & civil war--part I: Russian troops were brave, and there were a lot of them, but shortcomings in supply and leadership squandered their personal sacrifices

The battle of Tannenberg was the culmination of the Great War 1409-1411.

Cartographic image of Samogitia in the old maps of Lithuania, Poland and other neighboring countries (1231-1700)