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The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 23 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov .
The 8th Army (German: 8. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 8 / A.O.K. 8) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I.It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the I Army Inspectorate. [1]
In the Battle of Tannenberg, the casualties of the Russian 2nd Army amounted to 120,219 KIA, WIA, MIA, while the German 8th Army had only 13,058 casualties. [42] The Second Army was destroyed and Samsonov shot himself. The Germans then forced the First and Tenth Armies to retreat out of East Prussia in the Battle of the Masurian Lakes.
Following the failed German counterattack at the Battle of Gumbinnen and the subsequent German withdrawal, the 1st Army did not press on, allowing the 2nd Army to catch up but due to a breakdown in communication (partly due to the animosity of the two commanders) the 2nd Army was not made aware of this and so it continued to march on, a fatal ...
In the early months of war on the Eastern Front, the German Eighth Army conducted a series of almost miraculous actions against the two Russian armies facing them. After surrounding and then destroying the Russian Second Army at the Battle of Tannenberg in late August, Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff wheeled their troops to face the Russian First Army at the First Battle of the ...
Höheres Landwehr Kommando No. 1 / 1st Landwehr Division – Lt. Gen. Georg Freiherr von der Goltz 33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade – Maj. Gen. Viktor von Oertzen 75th Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. von Stwolinski
19 to 20 August – Battle of Gumbinnen; 23–31 August – Battle of Tannenberg; 5–15 September – First Battle of the Masurian Lakes; 25 to 30 September – Battle of the Njemen; 1 October to 5 November – position Fights at Grajewo-Wiżajny; 6–8 November – Battle of Göritten; 13–16 November – Battle of the Romintener Heath
The Battle of the Frontiers was in France and Belgium from 4 to 6 August. [16] The Battle of Tannenberg was in Germany from 26 to 30 August. [17] The First Battle of the Marne was in France from 6 to 12 September. [18] The First Battle of Ypres was in Belgium from 19 October to 22 November. [19] The Christmas truce was from 24 to 25 December. [20]