Sie endete mit einem Sieg der deutschen Truppen und der Zerschlagung der ins südliche Ostpreußen eingedrungenen russischen Kräfte. Die deutsche Seite stellte hierbei 153.000, die russische 191.000 Soldaten ins Feld. August 1914 zwischen deutschen und russischen Armeen statt. Die Schlacht bei Tannenberg war eine Schlacht des Ersten Weltkrieges und fand in der Gegend südlich von Allenstein in Ostpreußen vom 26.srpna 1914 v blízkosti vesnice Tannenberg, ležícím ve Východním Prusku (dnes vesnice na území Polska). Bitva u Tannenbergu bylo střetnutí ruské a německé armády, které se odehrálo za první světové války ve dnech 23.Malgrat que la batalla es produí vora la vila de Hohenstein (actualment Olsztynek), els alemanys la van batejar com a batalla de Tannenberg com a símbol de la «revenja» per la batalla medieval de Tannenberg o de Grunwald, de 1410, en què polonesos i lituans van derrotar els cavallers de l'Orde Teutònic. Fou una gran operació d'envoltament, destacable per l'ús del ferrocarril per al transport ràpid de tropes entre dos punts del front, que resultà en una clara derrota russa i implicà la renúncia a la penetració cap a Prússia Oriental. La Batalla de Tannenberg fou una batalla del front oriental de la I Guerra Mundial que va enfrontar el II exèrcit rus, sota comandament d'Aleksandr Samsónov i el VIII exèrcit alemany a les ordres de Paul von Hindenburg entre el 25 d'agost i el 30 d'agost de 1914.In 1941, Hitler’s Wehrmacht grossly underestimated Soviet military capability, leading to disaster in World War II. For years its legends helped to shape German nationalist ideology and military policy. Tannenberg’s mystique later served the Weimar Republic and Third Reich propagandists. In addition, he demolishes many myths about the battle, such as the supposed superiority of the German military, the animosity among Russian field commanders, and the assumption that the Germans viewed their opponents as a horde of uniformed illiterates. Examining the battle in the context of contemporary diplomatic, political, and economic affairs, Showalter also reviews both armies’ social settings and military doctrine, and shows how the battle may be understood as a case study of problems that military organizations face in the initial stages of a major war. The author carefully guides the reader through what actually happened on the battlefield, from its grand strategy down to the level of improvised squad actions. In this first paperback edition of the classic work, historian Dennis Showalter analyzes this battle’s causes, effects, and implications for subsequent German military policy. The battle of Tannenberg (August 27–30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia-indeed the Kaiser’s only clear-cut victory in a non-attritional battle during four years of war.
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