Battle of Masurian Lakes

Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in World War I. Result: Russian withdrawal ending invasion of East Prussia.

Following its stunning defeat of the Russian Second Army at the Battle of Tannenberg in the end of August, 1914, the German Eighth Army, commanded by Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, advanced northeast against the Russian First Army, which had remained inactive during Tannenberg. The German plan was to turn the Russian left flank and, sweeping around behind the Russians, trap them against the Baltic coast and annihilate...

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