Battle of Tannenberg

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of Tannenberg was a major 1914 Eastern Front clash in World War I in which German forces decisively defeated the Russian Second Army, halting Russia’s early advance into East Prussia.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Tannenberg canonical 12
Battle of Tannenberg (1914) 5
Battle of Tannenberg (historical English usage) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
surface form: Schlacht bei Tannenberg
belligerent German Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign 1914 East Prussian campaign ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses over 90,000 Russian prisoners captured ⓘ
several thousand German casualties ⓘ
tens of thousands of Russian soldiers killed or wounded ⓘ
combatant German Eighth Army ⓘ
Russian Second Army ⓘ
commander Alexander Samsonov ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
commandStructure German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
Russian Second Army ⓘ
surface form: Russian Second Army under Alexander Samsonov
commemoratedBy Tannenberg Memorial ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
date 1914-08-26 ⓘ
effect boosted German morale ⓘ
elevated Erich Ludendorff’s reputation ⓘ
elevated Paul von Hindenburg’s reputation ⓘ
halted Russian advance into East Prussia ⓘ
endDate 1914-08-30 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Tannenberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
front Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War I
geographicalRegion East Prussia ⓘ
surface form: former East Prussia
historicalPeriod early phase of World War I ⓘ
location East Prussia ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
near Allenstein ⓘ
militaryOperationType encirclement battle ⓘ
namedAfter Battle of Tannenberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tannenberg
notableFor German use of intercepted Russian radio communications ⓘ
encirclement of Russian forces ⓘ
outcome destruction of the Russian Second Army ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War I
precededBy Russian invasion of East Prussia ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Grunwald ⓘ
result decisive German victory ⓘ
significanceInGermany became a symbol of German military prowess in World War I ⓘ
startDate 1914-08-26 ⓘ
strategicSignificance secured East Prussia for Germany in 1914 ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front ⓘ
year 1914 ⓘ

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

World War I → notableBattle → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Battle of Minden → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Tannenberg (historical English usage)
Battle of Tannenberg → followedBy → Battle of Tannenberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
Battle of Tannenberg → namedAfter → Battle of Tannenberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tannenberg
Battle of Tannenberg → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schlacht bei Tannenberg
Eastern Front → includesBattle → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War I)
Imperial German Army → notableBattle → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff → conflict → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
East Prussia → wasSceneOf → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
European theatre of World War I → hasPart → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Tannenberg Memorial → commemorates → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
Tannenberg Memorial → namedAfter → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
Battle of Grunwald → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Battle of Grunwald → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of Tannenberg
Russian Second Army → battle → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Russian invasion of East Prussia → hasPart → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg → engagement → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
German Eighth Army → notableFor → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
German Eighth Army → battle → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes → precededBy → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes → relatedEvent → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Alexander Samsonov → participantIn → Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ