What is Battle of Tannenberg (1914)?
{{for|the 1410 battle at the same location|Battle of Grunwald}} {{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Battle of Tannenberg |partof=the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] of [[World War I]] |image= |caption= |date=23 August-2 September 1914 |place=near [[Olsztyn|Allenstein]], [[Province of East Prussia|East Prussia]] |result=Decisive German Victory |combatant1={{flag|Russian Empire}} |combatant2={{flag|German Empire}} |commander1=[[Alexander Samsonov]]<br>[[Paul von Rennenkampf]] |commander2=[[Paul von Hindenburg]]<br>[[Erich Ludendorff]] |strength1=190,000 |strength2=150,000 |casualties1=30,000 killed or wounded; 95,000 captured |casualties2=20,000 killed or wounded }} The '''Battle of Tannenberg''' was a decisive engagement between the [[Russian Empire]] and the [[German Empire]] in the first days of [[World War I]]. It was fought by the Russian First and Second Armies and the German Eighth Army between 17 August and 2 September 1914. The [[battle]] ended with the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army. The battle took place near [[Olsztyn|Allenstein]]. The Germans named it after [[Stębark|Tannenberg]]. They wanted to express that they had made good their defeat at the medieval [[Battle of Grunwald|Battle of Tannenberg or (Grunwald)]]. In that 1410 battle the Lithuanians finally defeated the [[Teutonic Knights]]. ==Bibliographic references== * {{Citation | last =Showalter | first =Dennis | author-link = | year =1991 | title =Tannenberg: Clash of Empires | publication-place =Hamden, CT | publisher =Archon Books | isbn =978-0208022523 }}. * {{Citation | last =Tuchman | first =Barbara | author-link = | year =1962 | title =The Guns of August | edition =First Ballantine Books | publication-place =New York, NY | publisher =Ballantine Books | isbn =0-345-38623-X }}. * ''Tannenberg 1914'' by John Sweetman. Includes battle plans in colour and [[archive]]d black and white photographic plates of the battle. ==Other websites== * [http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/tan