Battle o Tannenberg

Battle o Tannenberg
	Pairt o the Eastren Front o Warld War I
	; Roushie prisoners o war efter the Battle of Tannenberg.
Date	26–30 August 1914
Location	Near Allenstein, East Proushie (the day Olsztyn, Poland); 53°29′45″N 20°08′4″E / 53.49583°N 20.13444°ECoordinates: 53°29′45″N 20°08′4″E / 53.49583°N 20.13444°E
Result	Decisive German victory
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)	Aicht Airmy (150,000)
Casualties an losses
78,000 killed or woondit; 92,000 POW; 350 guns captured tot 170,000	10,000–15,000 killed or woondit 12,000 killed or woondit official German data 21-30/08/14: 1,726 KIA; 7,461 WIA; 4,686 MIA; total 13,873

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]

References

↑ 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