What the records say
- When
- 23 Aug 1914 – 30 Aug 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.50° N, 20.13° E
- Location
- Tannenberg, East Prussia, German Empire (present-day Poland)
- Outcome
- German victory
- Belligerents
- Russian Empire vs German Empire
Battle of Tannenberg
1914 World War I battle
The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 26 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the encirclement and the almost complete destruction of the Russian 2nd Army by the German 8th Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
- World War I battles (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
Part of
Nearby in time and place
- Battle of Tannenberg23 Aug 1914 · Battle
- Battle of Waplitz28 Aug 1914 · Battle
- Battle of Usdau1914 · Battle
- Second Battle of Przasnysz13 Jul 1915 · Battle
- Narew Offensive13 Jul 1915 · Battle
- Abschwangen massacreAug 1914 · Massacre · Deaths 65
- Battle of Arys7 Sep 1914 · Battle
- Russian invasion of East Prussia17 Aug 1914 · Battle