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| 1914 | Nicholas II |  |
| Aug Tannenburg Press urised by France to attack in the east to help the French & British in the west |
| Aug Tannenburg Russian defeat which precipitates the revolution |
| Aug Tannenburg Russian loses are 92,000 captured & 30,000 killed |
| 10th Sep Tannenburg The last Russian troops are forced out of East Prussia |
| 1914 | Rennenkampf, Paul Karlovitch | |
| 27th Aug River Niemen Hindenburg defeats Samsonov & turns on Rennenkampf who retreats to the Niemen River |
| 1914 | Samsonov, Alexander | |
| 20th Aug Tannenburg Samsonov runs into a German trap, 1st day of the battle of Tannenburg |
| 22nd Aug Tannenburg Invades Germany near the village of Tannenberg |
| 24th Aug Tannenburg Zhilinsky orders Samsonov to stop "acting the coward & resume the offensive" |
| 26th Aug Tannenburg 2 Russian corps, 13th, 15th & 23rd are trapped |
| 26th Aug Tannenburg Decisive German victory under Hindenburg & Ludendorf against Russia in East Prussia |
| 26th Aug Tannenburg Shoots himself after the Battle of Tannenburg |
| 26th Aug Tannenburg The Russian centre moves into a trap & is overwhelmed by the German VIII Army |
| 27th Aug Hohenstein Hindenburg drives Samsonov's army back to Hohenstein |
| 27th Aug Tannenburg Hindenburg takes 90,000 prisoners & several hundred guns |
| 27th Aug Tannenburg Only 60,000 Russian troops escape |
| 27th Aug Tannenburg Samsonov is surrounded on 3 sides by Hindenburg's army & by swamps & lakes |
| 28th Aug Tannenburg The Russian 2nd Army disintegrates, Samsonov shoots himself |
| 29th Aug Tannenburg Samsonov has lost 2 corps & the remaining 3 are reduced to 1/2 size |
| 29th Aug Tannenburg The Russians are routed & Samsonov shoots himself |
| 1914 | Zhilinsky, Yakov | |
| 23rd Aug Tannenburg The Russians are outflanked & radio messages decoded |
| 23rd Aug Tannenburg Zhilinsky orders Samsonov to resume the offensive |
| 24th Aug Tannenburg Ordered by Zhilinsky to stop "acting the coward & resume the offensive" |
| 26th Aug Tannenburg The Germans counterattack the Russian east flank |
