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This is the order of battle for both the Russian and German armies at the Battle of Tannenberg, August 17 to September 2, 1914.
Russian Northwestern Front
editGeneral Yakov Zhilinsky (not present)
Major General Sir Alfred Knox, British Military Attache[a]
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Russian prisoners following the battle
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Organization of the Imperial Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg[1]
First Army
editGeneral Paul von Rennenkampf[b]
Lieut. General Gavriil Mileant, Chief of Staff
Corps deployed left to right (south to north):
- Unattached
- 56th Infantry Division
- 221st Roslav Infantry Regiment
- 222nd Krasnan Infantry Regiment
- 223rd Odoev Infantry Regiment
- 224th Yukhnov Infantry Regiment
- 73rd Artillery (Reserve) Brigade
- 5th Rifle Brigade
- 1st Guard Cavalry Division (Lt. Gen. Nikolai Kaznakov )
- 1st Brigade
- Chevalier Guard Regiment
- Guard Cavalry Regiment
- 2nd Brigade
- Guard Cuirassier Regiment of the Emperor
- Guard Cuirassier Regiment of Empress Marie
- 2nd Guard Cavalry Division (Lt. Gen. Georgy Ottonovich Rauch)
- 1st Brigade
- Guard Horse Grenadier Regiment
- Guard Ulan Regiment of the Empress
- 2nd Brigade
- Guard Dragoon Regiment
- Guard Hussar Regiment of the Emperor
- 1st Cavalry Division (Lt. Gen. Vasily Gurko)
- 2nd Cavalry Division (Lt. Gen. Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski)
- 3rd Cavalry Division (Lt. Gen. Vladimir Belgard )
- 1st Independent Cavalry Brigade
- 19th Dragoons
- 16th Hussars
- 3rd Horse Battery
- 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade
- 56th Infantry Division
Second Army
editGeneral Alexander Samsonov[d]
Major General Postowski, Chief of Staff
Corps deployed left to right (south to north):
- I Corps
- General Leonid Artamonov (relieved 28 Aug)
- Lieut. General Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich
- XXIII Corps
- General Kyprian Kandratovich
- 3rd Guard Infantry Division
- 1st Brigade
- Guard Regiment Lithuania
- Guard Regiment Kexholm – Colonel Sirelius
- 2nd Brigade
- Guard Regiment St. Petersburg
- Guard Regiment Wolhyna
- 1st Brigade
- 2nd Infantry Division
- 3rd Guard Infantry Division
- XV Corps
- General Nikolai Martos
- XIII Corps
- Lieut. General Nikolai Klyuev
- VI Corps
- General Alexander Blagoveshchensky
- Unattached
- 1st Rifle Brigade
- 4th Cavalry Division (Lt. Gen. Anton Tolpygo)
- 6th Cavalry Division (Lt. Gen. Vladimir Roop)
- 15th Cavalry Division (Lt. Gen. Pavel Lyubomirov)
- 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade
German Eighth Army
editColonel General Maximilian von Prittwitz (replaced 23 Aug)
Colonel General Paul von Hindenburg[e]
Maj. Gen. Erich Ludendorff[f], Chief of Staff
Maj. Gen. Paul Grünert, Quartermaster General
Maj. Gen. Otto Kersten, Chief Engineer
Lt. Col. Max Hoffmann, Chief of Operations
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Hindenburg at Tannenberg
by Hugo Vogel -
German 8th Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26–31 August 1914[2]
I Army Corps
editGeneral Hermann von François
Colonel Walter Schmidt von Schmidtseck, Chief of Staff
- 1st Infantry Division
- Lieut. General Richard von Conta
- 1st Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Friedrich von Trotha)
- 1st Grenadiers (Lt. Col. Eggerss)
- 41st Infantry (Colonel Schönfeld)
- 2nd Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Conrado Paschen)
- 3rd Grenadiers (Colonel von Wedel)
- 43rd Infantry (Colonel von Eisenhart-Rothe)
- 1st Field Artillery Brigade (Maj. Gen. Kurt Moewes)
- 16th Field Artillery (Colonel Bromeis)
- 52nd Field Artillery (Colonel Hellwig)
- 8th Uhlans (Lt. Col. Freiherr Schäffer von Bernstein)
- 1st Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Friedrich von Trotha)
- 2nd Infantry Division
- Lieut. General Adalbert von Falk
- 3rd Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Theodor Mengelbier)
- 4th Grenadiers (Colonel Stern)
- 44th Infantry (Colonel von Löper)
- 4th Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Bernhard Böß)
- 33rd Fusiliers (Lt. Col. Weicke)
- 45th Infantry (Colonel Maaß)
- 3rd Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Theodor Mengelbier)
XVII Army Corps
editGeneral August von Mackensen
- 35th Infantry Division
- Lieut. General Otto Hennig
- 70th Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Heinrich Schmidt von Knobelsdorff)
- 21st Infantry (Colonel Brunnemann)
- 61st Infantry (Maj. Lüdecke)
- 87th Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Johannes von Hahn)
- 141st Infantry (Lt. Col. von Steinkeller)
- 176th Infantry (Maj. Runge)
- 35th Field Artillery Brigade (Maj. Gen. Leopold Uhden)
- 71st Field Artillery (Lt. Col. Hecht)
- 81st Field Artillery (Lt. Col. Bertog)
- 4th Mounted Rifles (Lt. Col. Freiherr von Lön)
- 70th Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Heinrich Schmidt von Knobelsdorff)
- 36th Infantry Division
- Lieut. General Konstanz von Heineccius
- 69th Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. George von Engelbrechten)
- 129th Infantry (Colonel Breßler)
- 175th Infantry (Lt. Col. Schleenstein)
- 71st Infantry Brigade (Col. Lutz von Dewitz)
- 5th Grenadiers (Col. Freiherr von Eichendorff)
- 128th Infantry (Col. von Tresckow)
- 36th Field Artillery Brigade (Maj. Gen. Viktor Hahndorff)
- 36th Field Artillery (Maj. Waldeyer)
- 72nd Field Artillery (Col. von Rabenau)
- 5th Hussars (Col. Freiherr von Barnekow)
- 69th Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. George von Engelbrechten)
XX Army Corps
editGeneral Friedrich von Scholtz
- 37th Infantry Division
- Lieut. General Hermann von Staabs
- 73rd Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Carl Wilhelmi)
- 147th Infantry (Colonel Ritzsch)
- 151st Infantry (Colonel Dorsch)
- 1st Jager Battalion (Maj. Weigelt)
- 75th Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Alfred von Böckmann)
- 146th Infantry (Colonel von Heydebreck)
- 150th Infantry (Colonel Küster)
- 37th Field Artillery Brigade (Maj. Gen. Wilhelm Buchholz)
- 73rd Field Artillery (Colonel Forst)
- 82nd Field Artillery (Lt. Col. Plantier)
- 11th Dragoons (Lt. Col. Maaß)
- 73rd Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Carl Wilhelmi)
- 41st Infantry Division
- Major General Leo Sontag
- 72nd Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Georg Schaer)
- 18th Infantry (Colonel Mecke)
- 59th Infantry (Colonel Sonntag)
- 74th Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Rudolf Reiser)
- 148th Infantry (Colonel von der Osten)
- 152nd Infantry (Colonel Geisler)
- 41st Field Artillery Brigade (Maj. Gen. Wilhelm Johann Neugebauer)
- 35th Field Artillery (Lt. Col. Wilke)
- 79th Field Artillery (Lt. Col. Marcus)
- 10th Dragoons (Lt. Col. von Lewinski)
- 72nd Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Georg Schaer)
I Reserve Corps
editLieut. General Otto von Below
- 1st Reserve Division
- Lieut. General Sigismund von Förster
- 1st Reserve Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Karl Barre)
- 1st Reserve Infantry (Lt. Col. von Sommerfeld und Falkenhayn)
- 3rd Reserve Infantry (Lt. Col. von Steuber)
- 72nd Reserve Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Maximilian Gustav Licht)
- 18th Reserve Infantry (Lt. Col. Freiherr von Lützow)
- 59th Reserve Infantry (Lt. Col. Modrow)
- 1st Reserve Jager Battalion (Cpt. Mellin)
- 1st Reserve Field Artillery (Lt. Col. Schulz)
- 1st Reserve Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Karl Barre)
- 3rd Reserve Division
- Lieut. General Curt von Morgen
- 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Emil Hesse)
- 2nd Reserve Infantry (Lt. Col. Rodig)
- 9th Reserve Infantry (Lt. Col. Wobring)
- 6th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Erich Krause)
- 34th Reserve Infantry (Colonel Hein)
- 49th Reserve Infantry (Lt. Col. Freiherr von Eberstein)
- 3rd Reserve Field Artillery (Maj. Erhardt)
- 5th Reserve Dragoons (Maj. von Götz)
- 1st Reserve Uhlans (Maj. Berner)
- 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Emil Hesse)
- 36th Reserve Division
- Major General Kurt Kruge
- 69th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Otto von Homeyer)
- 21st Reserve Infantry (Lt. Col. Heyn)
- 61st Reserve Infantry (Colonel Immanuel)
- 2nd Reserve Jager Battalion Cpt. Brückner)
- 70th Reserve Infantry Brigade Maj. Gen. Detlev Vett)
- 5th Reserve Infantry Lt. Col. Graf zu Reventlow)
- 54th Infantry[g] (Colonel von Tippelskirch)
- 36th Reserve Field Artillery (Lt. Col. Lannert)
- 1st Reserve Hussars (Maj. von Borcke)
- 69th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Otto von Homeyer)
- Höheres Landwehr Kommando No. 1 / 1st Landwehr Division
- Lieut. General Georg Freiherr von der Goltz
- 33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Maj. Gen. Viktor von Oertzen)
- 75th Landwehr Infantry (Lt. Col. von Stwolinski)
- 76th Landwehr Infantry (Lt. Col. Billig)
- 34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Lt. Gen. Ernst von Pressentin)
- 31st Landwehr Infantry (Lt. Col. von Lilienhoff-Zwowitzki)
- 84th Landwehr Infantry (Col. Becker)
- Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (Cpt. von Sydow)
- 33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Maj. Gen. Viktor von Oertzen)
- 1st Cavalry Division
- Lieut. General Hermann Brecht
- 1st Cavalry Brigade (Col. Wedig von Glasenapp)
- 3rd (East Prussian) Cuirassiers "Count Wrangel" (Lt. Col. von Lewinski)
- 1st (Lithuanian) Dragoons "Prince Albrecht of Prussia" (Lt. Col. Graf von Kanitz)
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Robert Freiherr von Kapherr)
- 12th (Lithuanian) Uhlans (Col.von Below)
- 9th Jäger zu Pferde (Lt. Col. von Koppelow)
- 41st Cavalry Brigade (Maj. Gen. Heinrich von Hofmann)
- 5th (West Prussian) Cuirassiers "Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg" (Lt. Col. von Rex)
- 4th (1st Pomeranian) Uhlans "von Schmidt" (Maj. Charisius
- 1st Cavalry Brigade (Col. Wedig von Glasenapp)
Other forces
edit- Other units in the field
- Königsbergs Reserve (Lt. Gen. Günther von Pappritz)
- Königsberg Fortress Division (Lt. Gen. Georg Ludwig Franz Brodrück)
- Thorn Fortress Division (Lt. Gen. Max Philipp von Schmettau)
- Graudenz Fortress Division (Maj. Gen. Fritz von Unger)
- Lötzen Fortress Brigade (Colonel Busse)
- 6th Landwehr Brigade (Maj. Gen. Adolf Karl Krahmer)
- 70th Landwehr Brigade (Maj. Gen. Adolf Breithaupt)
- Reinforcements
- Posen Fortress Division
- 1st Landwehr Division
- 2nd Landwehr Brigade (Col. Arthur Freiherr von Lupin)
- From the Western Front
Notes
edit- ^ Attached to Second Army
- ^ Shot by the Bolsheviks during the Red Terror, April 1918
- ^ Transferred from Second Army, 22 August
- ^ Committed suicide following battle
- ^ Served as German head of state, 1925-1934
- ^ Contributed to the postwar rise of the Nazi Party
- ^ Detached from 3rd Division at outbreak of war
References
edit- ^ Nafziger, George. "Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26-31 August 1914" (PDF). United States Combined Arms Research Library. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ Nafziger, George. "German Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26-31 August 1914" (PDF). U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Library. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
Further reading
edit- Showalter, Dennis E. (1991). Tannenberg: Clash of Empires. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books.
- Sweetman, John (2004). Tannenberg 1914 (First ed.). London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-35635-5.