Tannenberg 1914

Author : Dennis E. Showalter
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597974943

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Tannenberg by Dennis E. Showalter Pdf

The battle of Tannenberg (August 27-30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia-indeed the Kaiser's only clear-cut victory in a non-attritional battle during four years of war. In this first paperback edition of the classic work, historian Dennis Showalter analyzes this battle's causes, effects, and implications for subsequent German military policy. The author carefully guides the reader through what actually happened on the battlefield, from its grand strategy down to the level of improvised squad actions. Examining the battle in the context of contemporary diplom.

Author : John Sweetman
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0304356352

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Tannenberg 1914 by John Sweetman Pdf

In 1914 Russia¿s doomed Tsar, Nicholas II, ordered his armies to invade German territory as soon as they had mobilized. They moved faster than the Germans gave them credit for and panic stories of Cossacks running amok in East Prussia led the German High Command to call back two army corps from the invasion of France. The two Russian armies involved in the attack were led by generals that hated each other more than the Germans; their lack of cooperation and signal staff¿s tendency to transmit radio messages without bothering to encode them helped the Germans plan and execute a massive ambush. The Russian 2nd Army was annihilated and the Tsarist forces never recovered the initiative until their defeat in 1917.

Author : Michael McNally
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472850218

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Tannenberg 1914 by Michael McNally Pdf

Explore the Eastern Front battle that resulted in one of the greatest defeats of World War I, in which an entire Russian army was annihilated by German arms. Tannenberg is a major battle that deserves a fully illustrated treatment all of its own, and for the first time this book brings the epic Eastern Front clash to life in visual detail. No other book on this topic walks you through the action like this one, using detailed maps to provide unit locations and movements and help explain key command decisions, while period photographs and colour battlescenes put soldiering back at the core of the events by revealing the military material culture of the opposing sides. Michael McNally guides you through the initial border engagements and the battles of Gumbinnen and Stallupönen, before moving on to explore the massive, often confused running battle of Tannenberg in easy to follow and concise detail. This work helps you understand how the Germans managed to maul Samsonov's Second Army and all but destroyed the Russians as a fighting force. The Russian war plan of using overwhelming numbers to gain a quick victory before conducting further operations would soon lie in pieces on the ground. It also assesses the contribution modern technology – such as railways, aerial reconnaissance, radio and telegraphy – made to the emphatic German victory.

Author : Michael McNally
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472850201

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Tannenberg 1914 by Michael McNally Pdf

Explore the Eastern Front battle that resulted in one of the greatest defeats of World War I, in which an entire Russian army was annihilated by German arms. Tannenberg is a major battle that deserves a fully illustrated treatment all of its own, and for the first time this book brings the epic Eastern Front clash to life in visual detail. No other book on this topic walks you through the action like this one, using detailed maps to provide unit locations and movements and help explain key command decisions, while period photographs and colour battlescenes put soldiering back at the core of the events by revealing the military material culture of the opposing sides. Michael McNally guides you through the initial border engagements and the battles of Gumbinnen and Stallupönen, before moving on to explore the massive, often confused running battle of Tannenberg in easy to follow and concise detail. This work helps you understand how the Germans managed to maul Samsonov's Second Army and all but destroyed the Russians as a fighting force. The Russian war plan of using overwhelming numbers to gain a quick victory before conducting further operations would soon lie in pieces on the ground. It also assesses the contribution modern technology – such as railways, aerial reconnaissance, radio and telegraphy – made to the emphatic German victory.

Author : Professor Michael S Neiberg,David Jordan
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908273079

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The Eastern Front 1914–1920 by Professor Michael S Neiberg,David Jordan Pdf

With the aid of over 300 black and white and colour photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Eastern Front provides a detailed guide to the background and conduct of the conflict on the Eastern Front, up to and including the Russian Civil War and the Russo-Polish War.

Author : Perry Pierik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000101091126

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Tannenberg by Perry Pierik Pdf

The encounter at Tannenberg went into history as a decisive historical battle. The actions of Erich Ludendorff indeed formed the highlight of a series of battles that prevented the tsarist army already advancing to Berlin in 1914. It was also the prelude to the enormous power Ludendorff accumulated later during the war and would turn out to be so disastrous for the German empire.

Author : Sir Geoffrey Evans
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014284502

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Tannenberg, 1410:1914 by Sir Geoffrey Evans Pdf

Account of two battles fought at Tannenberg, East Prussia (now Poland), the first a defeat for the Teutonic Knights, the second a German victory.

Author : Paul Fischer-Graudenz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Tannenberg, Battle of, Poland, 1410
ISBN : PRNC:32101059989697

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Bei Tannenberg 1914 [ I.e.neunzehnhundertvierzehn] und 1410 [i.e Vierzehnhundertzehn] by Paul Fischer-Graudenz Pdf

Author : Prit Buttar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782009726

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Collision of Empires by Prit Buttar Pdf

Collision of Empires is the first major historical work on the Eastern Front during World War I since the 1970s. One of the primary triggers of the outbreak of World War I was undoubtedly the myriad alliances and suspicions that existed between the Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian empires in the early 20th century. Yet much of the actual fighting between these nations has been largely forgotten in the West. Driven by first-hand accounts and detailed archival research, Collision of Empires seeks to correct this imbalance. The first in a four-book series on the Eastern Front in World War I, Prit Buttar's dynamic retelling examines the tumultuous events of the first year of the war and reveals the chaos and destruction that reigned when three powerful empires collided. A war that was initially seen by all three powers as a welcome opportunity to address both internal and external issues would ultimately bring about the downfall of them all.

Author : Perry Wijnand Pierik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9464243686

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Tannenberg by Perry Wijnand Pierik Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Jukes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472809735

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The First World War (1) by Geoffrey Jukes Pdf

This book unravels the complicated and tragic events of the Eastern Front in the First World War. The author details Russia's sudden attack on German forces, despite her inadequate resources. A crushing defeat at Tannenberg was followed by Germany inflicting humiliation after humiliation on desperate Russian troops. For a while, those forces led by General Brusilov and facing Austria-Hungary fared better, but in the end this front too collapsed. Morale plummeted, the army began to disintegrate, and the Tsar was forced to abdicate - paving the way for the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917.

Author : Dennis E. Showalter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1582881545

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Tannenberg by Dennis E. Showalter Pdf

1. Verdenskrig. Slaget ved Tannenberg 27-30 august 1914 blev en overbevisende sejr for den tyske kejserlige 8. armee over 1. og 2. russiske armee. I bogen analyseres slaget såvel de strategiske forudsætninger, som hvad der rent faktisk skete på kamppladsen helt ned til underafdelings- og delingsniveau. Forfatteren undersøger også de tyske og russiske militære doktriner og den virkning sejren havde på den videre tyske krigsførelse. Bogen er forsynet med troppeinddeling over de tyske og russiske styrker.

Author : Norman Stone
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141938851

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The Eastern Front 1914-1917 by Norman Stone Pdf

'Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship, Stone's boldly conceived and brilliantly executed book opened the eyes of a generation of young British historians raised on tales of the Western trenches to the crucial importance of the Eastern Front in the First World War' Niall Ferguson 'Scholarly, lucid, entertaining, based on a thorough knowledge of Austrian and Russian sources, it sharply revises traditional assumptions about the First World War.' Michael Howard

Author : Holger H. Herwig
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472510815

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The First World War by Holger H. Herwig Pdf

The Great War toppled four empires, cost the world 24 million dead, and sowed the seeds of another worldwide conflict 20 years later. This is the only book in the English language to offer comprehensive coverage of how Germany and Austria-Hungary, two of the key belligerents, conducted the war and what defeat meant to them. This new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, including new developments in the historiography and, in particular, addressing new work on the cultural history of the war. This edition also includes: - New material on the domestic front, covering Austria-Hungary's internal political frictions and ethnic fissures - More on Austria-Hungary and Germany's position within the wider geopolitical framework - Increased coverage of the Eastern front The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918 offers an authoritative and well-researched survey of the role of the Central powers that will be an invaluable text for all those studying the First World War and the development of modern warfare.

Author : Matthew D'Auria,Mark Hewitson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000169850

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Making Sense of Violence by Matthew D'Auria,Mark Hewitson Pdf

This book looks at the representations of modern war by analysing texts and examining the ways in which authors relate to the atrocious horrors of war. Rejecting the assumption that violence is simply a denial of reason or, at best, a pathological form of collective sadism, this book considers it ‘a cultural act’ that needs to be understood as underpinned by a series of shared and accepted norms and values stemming from a society at a given moment of its history and shaped by its language. Traditional vocabulary and language seem inadequate to describe soldiers’ experience of modern warfare. The problem for writers is to depict and render intelligible a dramatically unprecedented reality through recourse to something familiar. For some historians and literary critics, the absurdity of the First World War has shaped our ironic and disenchanted reading of the entire twentieth century. Yet these ways of coping with the urge to communicate inexpressible feelings and emotions in most cases are not sufficient to overcome the incoherence of the sentiments felt and the events witnessed. The contributors attempt to address the questions and issues that are posed by the highly ambiguous views, texts, and representations examined in this volume. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal European Review of History: Revue Européenne d’Histoire.