![]() ![]() The Russians had lost 125,000 men, ten times the German losses. It was an extraordinary victory for Germany. Brigadier, British Army FOREWORD The Battle of Tannenberg, fought in 1914 between the Germans and the Russians, has all the elements of a story in the Homeric mold. The Battle of Tannenberg, fought in 1914 between the Germans and. The Battle ©f Tannenberg, 1914 By SIR MARK HENNIKER, BART., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. In 1914, the Battle of Tannenberg was fought between Imperial Germany and Russia. The Battle f Tannenberg, 1914 By SIR MARK HENNIKER, BART., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. On the third day (29 August), the I Corp completed the encirclement of the Russian army, after which Samsonov was never heard from again, and his army disintegrated. The Battle of Tannenberg went down in history as Russia’s worst defeat in World War One. By SIR MARK HENNIKER, BART., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. The German XCII and I Reserve Corps pushed back the Russian right, the I Corps their left, and the XX Corps attacked their centre. Unbelievably, the Russians were using uncoded radio transmissions, and by this point the Germans knew exactly where the Russian troops were. In total, they lost around 250,000 men - an entire army - as well as vast amounts of military equipment. On 24 August the Russian advance was halted at the battle of Orlau-Frankenau by the German XX Corps, which then withdrew to Tannenberg. It was a crushing defeat for the Russians. ![]() After a series of minor defeats against the Russians, the Germans placed General Paul von Hindenburg in command of the eastern front, with General Erich Ludendorff as his chief of staff, and on 22 August, before leaving for the east, Ludendorff put in place a plan to attack the Russian Second Army under General Alexander Samsonov, ignoring for the moment the Russian First Army. The Battle of Tannenberg, August 26-30, 1914 was between Russian and German troops during the East Prussian operation in the First World War. Battle of the First World War a crushing German victory over the Russians invading East Prussia. ![]()
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