The battle of Tannenberg was one the first and major battles fought during World War One. This battle was fought between Russia and Germany which started on August 26 and ended August 30, 1914. You may be wondering why this battle is called battle of Tannenberg if the battle, in fact, took place near the city of Allenstein. Well, for propaganda reason the German commander decided to name it Tannenberg. There were approximately 166,000 German soldiers and 206,000 Russian soldiers. This war resulted in complete destruction.
Alexander Samsonov was the leader of the Russian army, commander of the second army. Paul Von Rennenkampf was the commander of the First army. The German leaders were Paul Von Hindenburg,
