German Eighth Army

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Imperial German Army formation field army

The German Eighth Army was a major Imperial German field army on the Eastern Front during World War I, noted for its decisive victory over Russian forces at the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914.

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Label Occurrences
German Eighth Army canonical 6
8 Armia (Niemcy) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial German Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
activeDuring 1914 ⓘ
1915 ⓘ
1916 ⓘ
1917 ⓘ
1918 ⓘ
allegiance German Emperor ⓘ
associatedWith Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
surface form: Paul von Hindenburg–Erich Ludendorff command team
battle Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes ⓘ
Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes ⓘ
branch Army ⓘ
chiefOfStaff Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
commander Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
engagedAgainst Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian First Army ⓘ
Russian Second Army ⓘ
era World War I ⓘ
surface form: World War I era
formedIn 1914 ⓘ
higherCommand German Supreme Command ⓘ
surface form: Oberste Heeresleitung
historicalSignificance key German formation in early Eastern Front campaigns of World War I ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters East Prussia ⓘ
militaryBranchOf German land forces ⓘ
nativeName 8th Army ⓘ
surface form: 8. Armee
notableFor Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Battle of the Masurian Lakes ⓘ
notableOutcome encirclement and destruction of much of the Russian Second Army at Tannenberg ⓘ
partOf Imperial German Army ⓘ
predecessorCommander Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations East Prussia ⓘ
role defense of East Prussia ⓘ
offensive operations on the Eastern Front ⓘ
size army-level formation ⓘ
strategicEffect stabilization of the Eastern Front in 1914 ⓘ
successorCommander Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
type operational-level formation ⓘ
victoryOver Russian Second Army at the Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Tannenberg → combatant → German Eighth Army ⓘ
Bitwa nad Bzurą → involvesMilitaryUnit → German Eighth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 8 Armia (Niemcy)
Russian Second Army → opponent → German Eighth Army ⓘ
Russian invasion of East Prussia → opponent → German Eighth Army ⓘ
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes → GermanArmy → German Eighth Army ⓘ
Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes → combatant → German Eighth Army ⓘ
Maximilian von Prittwitz → commanded → German Eighth Army ⓘ