Battle of Tannenberg (1914)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Tannenberg_(1914)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties German: ~12,000
Russian: ~170,000 (including 92,000 captured)
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:German_Empire
gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Erich_Ludendorff
gptkb:Paul_von_Hindenburg
gptkb:Alexander_Samsonov
gptkb:Paul_von_Rennenkampf
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:date 26 August 1914 – 30 August 1914
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:First_Battle_of_the_Masurian_Lakes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
gptkbp:location near Allenstein, East Prussia (now Olsztyn, Poland)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Tannenberg_(Stębark)
gptkbp:notableFor Destruction of Russian Second Army
Encirclement tactics
Major Russian defeat
Rise of Hindenburg and Ludendorff
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_I)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Gumbinnen
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Grunwald_(1410)
gptkbp:result Decisive German victory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:East_Prussia
gptkb:Prussian_Army
gptkb:Tannenberg_(Stębark)
gptkb:Tannenberg_Memorial
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5