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1914
Battle of Orlau Frankenau
24th Aug Orlau Frankenau Attacks East Prussia & defeats the Germans
24th Aug Orlau Frankenau bu the Germans know Russian positions because they decode radio messages
24th Aug Orlau Frankenau Russia withdraws to Tannenberg
24th Aug Orlau Frankenau The Germans know the Russian positions because of Samsonov's uncoded radio messages
24th Aug Orlau Frankenau The Russians are stopped by the German XX corps
24th Aug Orlau Frankenau Withdraws to Tannenberg
25th Aug Orlau Frankenau The Germans advance to Tannenburg to trap the Russian Army
1914
Battle of Tannenburg
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
Death
9th Aug Tannenburg Shoots himself after the Battle of Tannenburg
1914
Invasion of Germany
20th Aug Samsonov's 2nd Army starts to advance into East Prussia
22nd Aug Tannenburg Invades Germany near the village of Tannenberg
1914
Invasion of Prussia
17th Aug Prussia Leads the 2nd Army, 13 divisions & 5 corps, in the ill-fated invasion of Prussia

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