Great War/WW1
2006-12-05 05:42:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Tannenberg. At the start of the war, Russia invaded East Prussia, now part of Poland. The Germans concentrated their outnumbered forces and destroyed the central Russian corps at Tannenberg.
2006-12-05 05:50:34 · answer #1 · answered by Elizabeth Howard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well...between August 17 and September 2, 1914, there was the Battle of Tannenberg, which resulted in the defeat of the Russian forces by the German ones. This is a village in Poland, also known as StÄbark.
2006-12-05 13:49:08 · answer #2 · answered by Gabriela U 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't think there was one, the beginning of 1940 and go on till 1945 maybe, but in 1914 it was all about revolution, Bolsheviks, red army...
2006-12-05 13:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by bad person 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The defeat iyou are thinking of is probably s probably Tannenburg, but there were other engagements at that time.
2006-12-05 13:48:23 · answer #4 · answered by Tony B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
TANNENBERG...?
2006-12-05 13:51:31 · answer #5 · answered by liveasahb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋