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°E / 53.49583; 20.13444Coordinates: 53°29′45″N 20°08′4″E / 53.49583°N 20.13444°E / 53.49583; 20.13444 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)[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]

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]

1. ↑ Hastings, Max. Catastrophe: Europe goes to war 1914 London: William Collins, 2013; pg. 281.
2. ↑ Hastings, Max., 2013; pg. 281.
3. ↑ Sweetman 2004, p. 158
4. ↑ Ian F. W. Beckett, The Great War: 1914-1918, 2014, p. 76
5. ↑ Spencer Tucker, The Great War: 1914-1918, 2002, p. 43
6. ↑ Hastings, Max., 2013; pg. 281.
7. ↑ Sanitätsbericht über das deutsche Heer im Weltkriege 1914/1918, III. Band, Berlin 1934, S. 36
8. ↑ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/582679/Battle-of-Tannenberg