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Battle o Tannenberg
Pairt o the Eastren Front o Warld War I

Roushie prisoners o war efter the Battle of Tannenberg.
Date26–30 August 1914
LocationNear Allenstein, East Proushie (the day Olsztyn, Poland)
53°29′45″N 20°08′4″E / 53.49583°N 20.13444°E / 53.49583; 20.13444Coordinates: 53°29′45″N 20°08′4″E / 53.49583°N 20.13444°E / 53.49583; 20.13444
Result Decisive German victory
Belligerents
 Roushie  Germany
Commanders an leaders
Roushie Empire Alexander Samsonov †
Roushie Empire Paul von Rennenkampf		 German Empire Paul von Hindenburg
German Empire Erich Ludendorff
German Empire Max Hoffmann
German Empire Hermann von François
Strenth
Seicont Airmy (230,000)[1] Aicht Airmy (150,000)[2]
Casualties an losses
78,000 killed or woondit; 92,000 POW; 350 guns captured[3][4] tot 170,000 10,000–15,000 killed or woondit[5] 12,000 killed or woondit[6] official German data 21-30/08/14: 1,726 KIA; 7,461 WIA; 4,686 MIA; total 13,873[7]

The Battle o Tannenberg wis focht atween Roushie an Germany frae August 26t tae August 30t 1914, during the first month o Warld War I.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ Hastings, Max. Catastrophe: Europe goes to war 1914 London: William Collins, 2013; pg. 281.
  2. ↑ Hastings, Max., 2013; pg. 281.
  3. ↑ Sweetman 2004, p. 158
  4. ↑ Ian F. W. Beckett, The Great War: 1914-1918, 2014, p. 76
  5. ↑ Spencer Tucker, The Great War: 1914-1918, 2002, p. 43
  6. ↑ Hastings, Max., 2013; pg. 281.
  7. ↑ Sanitätsbericht über das deutsche Heer im Weltkriege 1914/1918, III. Band, Berlin 1934, S. 36
  8. ↑ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/582679/Battle-of-Tannenberg
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