Battle o Tannenberg
The Battle o Tannenberg wis focht atween Roushie an Germany frae August 26t tae August 30t 1914, during the first month o Warld War I.[8]
Battle o Tannenberg | |||||||
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Pairt o the Eastren Front o Warld War I | |||||||
Roushie prisoners o war efter the Battle of Tannenberg. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Roushie | Germany | ||||||
Commanders an leaders | |||||||
Alexander Samsonov † Paul von Rennenkampf |
Paul von Hindenburg Erich Ludendorff Max Hoffmann Hermann von François | ||||||
Strenth | |||||||
Seicont Airmy (230,000)[1] | Aicht Airmy (150,000)[2] | ||||||
Casualties an losses | |||||||
78,000 killed or woondit; 92,000 POW; 350 guns captured[3][4] tot 170,000 | 10,000–15,000 killed or woondit[5] 12,000 killed or woondit[6] official German data 21-30/08/14: 1,726 KIA; 7,461 WIA; 4,686 MIA; total 13,873[7] |
References
eedit- ↑ Hastings, Max. Catastrophe: Europe goes to war 1914 London: William Collins, 2013; pg. 281.
- ↑ Hastings, Max., 2013; pg. 281.
- ↑ Sweetman 2004, p. 158
- ↑ Ian F. W. Beckett, The Great War: 1914-1918, 2014, p. 76
- ↑ Spencer Tucker, The Great War: 1914-1918, 2002, p. 43
- ↑ Hastings, Max., 2013; pg. 281.
- ↑ Sanitätsbericht über das deutsche Heer im Weltkriege 1914/1918, III. Band, Berlin 1934, S. 36
- ↑ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/582679/Battle-of-Tannenberg