WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 23 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rennenkampf was largely responsible for the Russian defeat because he did not coordinate his movements with Samsonov, leaving Samsonov to fight the Germans alone. The leaders of the German Army were Paul von Hindenburg, Erich Ludendorff, and Max Hoffman.

Detailed explanation-3: -Battle of Tannenberg, (August 26–30, 1914), World War I battle fought at Tannenberg, East Prussia (now Stębark, Poland), that ended in a German victory over the Russians.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Tannenberg (26-30 August 1914), in which General Aleksandr Samsonov’s 2nd Russian (Narevskaia) Army was surrounded and completely annihilated, was one of the largest battles on the Eastern Front in World War I.

Detailed explanation-5: -A major new Russian offensive in Galicia in July 1917 failed, and by September, the northern Russian army had collapsed. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk-a ‘shameful peace’ in the eyes of many Russian patriots-confirmed the extent of the German victory in the East.