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.

Aliases (5)

Battle of Tannenberg (1914) ×1
Battle of Tannenberg (historical English usage) ×1
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes ×1
Schlacht bei Tannenberg ×1
Tannenberg ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	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 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	First Battle of the Masurian Lakes →
front	Eastern Front of World War I →
geographicalRegion	former East Prussia →
historicalPeriod	early phase of World War I →
location	East Prussia → German Empire → near Allenstein →
militaryOperationType	encirclement battle →
namedAfter	Tannenberg →
notableFor	German use of intercepted Russian radio communications → encirclement of Russian forces →
outcome	destruction of the Russian Second Army →
partOf	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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Minden ("Battle of Tannenberg (historical English usage)") → Battle of Tannenberg ("Schlacht bei Tannenberg") →	alsoKnownAs
Imperial German Army → World War I →	notableBattle
Erich Ludendorff →	conflict
Battle of Tannenberg ("First Battle of the Masurian Lakes") →	followedBy
European theatre of World War I →	hasPart
Eastern Front (World War I) →	includesBattle
Battle of Tannenberg ("Tannenberg") →	namedAfter
East Prussia ("Battle of Tannenberg (1914)") →	wasSceneOf