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Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg , 1847-1934, German field marshal and president (1925-34), b. Poznan (then in Prussia). His full name was Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg und Beneckendorff. He fought in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) and was appointed (1878) to the ... Read more
Ladislaus II
Ladislaus II or Ladislaus Jagiello , 1350?-1434, king of Poland (1386-1434), grand duke of Lithuania (1378-1401), founder of the Jagiello dynasty. Leaguing with Poland against the menacing Teutonic Knights , he acceded to the Polish throne by marrying Queen Jadwiga . Baptized at this time, h... Read more
Teutonic Knights
Teutonic Knights or Teutonic Order , German military religious order founded (1190-91) during the siege of Acre in the Third Crusade. It was originally known as the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of St. Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem. The order was one of nobles, and the knights took the... Read more
World War I
World War I 1914-18, also known as the Great War, conflict, chiefly in Europe, among most of the great Western powers. It was the largest war the world had yet seen. Causes World War I was immediately precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a ... Read more
Poland
Poland Pol. Polska, officially Republic of Poland, republic (2005 est. pop. 38,635,000), 120,725 sq mi (312,677 sq km), central Europe. It borders on Germany in the west, on the Baltic Sea and the Kaliningrad region of Russia in the north, on Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine in the east, and on th... Read more
Lithuania
Lithuania , Lithuanian Lietuva, officially Republic of Lithuania, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,597,000), 25,174 sq mi (65,201 sq km), N central Europe. Lithuania borders on the Baltic Sea in the west, Latvia in the north, Belarus in the east and southeast, Poland in the south, and the Kaliningrad ob... Read more
Battle
Battle town, East Sussex, SE England. The town grew up on the site (then a moorland) of the battle of Hastings (1066). The victorious William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey to commemorate the event. The abbey has been converted into a girls' school, but ruins can be seen. ... Read more
battle of Brunanburh
battle of Brunanburh , AD 937, a victory won by Athelstan , king of the English, over a coalition of Irish, Scots, and Britons (or Welsh) of Strathclyde. The site of the battle is not known. The battle is celebrated in a poem in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Bibliography: See translation by D.... Read more
battle of Pyramids
battle of Pyramids July, 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, battle fought between the French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and the Egyptian Mamluks led by Murad Bey. Napoleon's victory gave the French access to Cairo and brief control over Egypt . ... Read more
battle of the Marne
battle of the Marne two important battles of World War I that are named for the Marne River. In the first battle (Sept. 6-9, 1914) the German advance on Paris was halted at the Marne by the Allies under Joffre , Gallieni , and Sir John French. The German retreat that followed signified the abando... Read more

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Tannenberg, Battle of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History TANNENBERG, BATTLE OF The Battle of Tannenberg, in August 1914, was the consequence...between September 7 and 14, in the Battle of the Masurian Lakes. The Russians...material were replaced, the blow Tannenberg inflicted on Russian national morale... Read more
Tannenberg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...administration. Two important battles were fought there. In the first, fought in 1410 between Tannenberg and the nearby village of...The second and better-known battle occurred during World War...of the war. The battle of Tannenberg is a central event in Aleksandr... Read more
battle of Grünwald
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 1410: see Tannenberg . Read more
Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und von
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...president (1925–34). Commanding the army on the e front in World War I, he defeated the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg. In 1916, Hindenburg became supreme commander and, with his chief-of-staff, Erich Ludendorff , directed the German... Read more
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to relieve German pressure on the French, it was virtually annihilated by German field marshal Hindenburg in the battle of Tannenberg (Aug., 1914). His defeat was partly caused by the failure of General Rennenkampf to bring his forces to Samsonov... Read more
John Zizka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the opportunity to develop fully, Zizka served under various lords; he fought (1410) on the Polish side in the battle of Tannenberg, in which the Teutonic Knights were defeated. When the Hussite Wars broke out in 1420, Zizka was about 60 years... Read more
Gda ń sk (German, Danzig)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...half of the thirteenth century. After the defeat of the Teutonic Knights by Polish-Lithuanian forces at the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg, 1410), Gda ń sk swore allegiance to the Polish crown. In response to the Knights' continued threats... Read more
Paul von Hindenburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...who was his chief of staff throughout the war, was the real author of Hindenburg's victories. Victory in the battle of Tannenberg (Aug., 1914) over a much larger Russian force was followed (1914-15) by German occupation of Poland and part of... Read more
Witowt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...sought to reduce the Tatars of the Golden Horde to vassalage but was defeated by them in 1399. In 1410, at the battle of Tannenberg, Witowt and Ladislaus defeated the Teutonic Knights, who had been threatening Polish-Lithuanian independence. Read more
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...chief of staff for 8th Army commander Paul von Hindenburg at Tannenberg on the Eastern front against the advancing Russians. During...Erich von Falkenhayn's Supreme Command in the murderous battle for the key French fortress of Verdun (1916), Hindenburg...Ludendorff later founded the mystico-religious ... Read more

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Tannenberg, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Tannenberg, Battle of (World War I) (23–...encircled the 2nd Army near Tannenberg, aided by the interception...000 prisoners of war. The battle ended the threat of a Russian...World War II, the image of Tannenberg was often invoked in Nazi... Read more
Hindenburg, Paul von Beneckendorff und von
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...but re-entered the army in 1914. After his legendary victorious campaign on the Eastern Front which included the battle of Tannenberg , he became with Ludendorff the head of the German Supreme Command in 1916, in which position he became a quasi-dictat... Read more
Hindenburg, Paul von
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...x2013;1934) German general and statesman. He fought at the Battle of Königgratz ( SADOWA ) and in the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR...at the outbreak of WORLD WAR I and crushed the Russians at Tannenberg in east Prussia (August 1914). In 1916 he became chief of the... Read more
World War I
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...an entire Russian army at Tannenberg (August 26–30). A...through Belgium in the First Battle of the Marne (September 5...the west in the ten-month Battle of Verdun , deliberately seeking a decisive battle of attrition and will. To... Read more

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Tannenberg 1410; disaster for the teutonic knights. (reprint, 2003).(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2006; 126 words ; 0275988600 Tannenberg 1410; disaster for the teutonic knights. (reprint, 2003...history DK4261 This elaborately illustrated account of the Battle of Tannenberg attempts to recuperate the facts from the myths that have...armies, their commanders and their plans in addition to the battle itself. The ... Read more
Austria-Hungary and The Brusilov offensive Of 1916.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; THE OPENING BATTLES of the First World War in the summer...serious military defeat at the two battles of Lemberg, while the Germans emerged victorious at Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes on the Eastern...troops were soundly defeated at the battle of the Marne. Subsequently, 1915 proved...Falkenhayn ... Read more
Warsaw-Ivangorod operation of Russian troops (28 September-8 November 1914).
Magazine article from: Military Thought; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...shameful debacle of the 2nd Army at Tannenberg amidst the operational situation...the second phase of the Galicia battle of 1914, which the Russian command viewed as two separate battles--the battle at Lublin and the battle at Gorodok... Read more