Tannenberg: Clash of Empires, 1914Potomac Books, Inc., 2004 - 435 Seiten 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. 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 author carefully guides the reader through what actually happened on the battlefield, from its grand strategy down to the level of improvised squad actions. Examining the battle in the context of contemporary diplom. |
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War Finds a | |
The Virgin Soldiers | |
00400 PM 175 | |
The Province of Uncertainty | |
The Southern Sector 215 | |
The Province of Chance | |
Concentration of the 8th and 2nd Armies 251 | |
The Province of Victory | |
August 28 Evening 289 | |
Opportunities and Illusions | |
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1st Division 2nd Army 3rd Reserve Division 8th Army 8th Army’s advance Allenstein Angerapp army headquarters army's artillery attack August August 26 Austria Austria-Hungary Balkan battalion battle Berlin Bethmann brigade British Bülow cavalry chief of staff civilian commander concentrate context Corps’s correspondingly decision diplomatic Division’s East Prussia Elze Empire enemy Europe field fighting fire flank force foreign office forward France François François’s French front frontier German army Germany’s Gumbinnen Hindenburg Hoffmann Imperial increasingly infantry initiative Königsberg Landwehr Ludendorff Mackensen maneuvers Max Hoffmann Mlawa mobilization modern Moltke move Narew Neidenburg offensive operational orders Ortelsburg PAAA peacetime plans political position Prittwitz regiments Reichsarchiv Rennenkampf Reserve Corps reservists retreat rifle risk Russian army Russland Samsonov Sazonov Schlieffen Schlieffen Plan Scholtz sector seemed Serbia soldiers staff officers strategic Tannenberg troops VI Corps victory Vistula Waldersee Weltkrieg XVII Corps XX Corps Zhilinski