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Tannenberg

noun
1.
A battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians.  Synonym: battle of Tannenberg.





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"Tannenberg" Quotes from Famous Books



... worse enemies to fear in those she had called to help her. She watched them build up military power to conquer her own lands. But by joining with the Lithuanians, she managed at length to defeat the Germans at the famous battle of Tannenberg in 1410. ...
— Winning a Cause - World War Stories • John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood
... in gloom, the fall of Liege, Namur and Brussels, the sack of Louvain, and the repulse of the Russian raid into East Prussia at Tannenberg following in rapid succession. Against these disasters we have to set the brilliant engagement in the Heligoland Bight. But the onrush of the Germans on the Western front is not stayed, though their time-table has ...
— Mr. Punch's History of the Great War • Punch


Words linked to "Tannenberg" :   Great War, Republic of Poland, World War I, pitched battle, First World War, Poland, Polska, War to End War, World War 1


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