Dennis Showalter - Tannenberg - Clash of Empires

Radio intelligence, 95, 169–70, 191, 196, 227–30, 277–78, 287, 300

Reinsurance Treaty, 23, 26

Riezler, Kurt, 69–70, 92, 100

Rennenkampf, Pavel, 133–34; at Stallupönen, 167–68; relations with Samsonov, 134, 206–07; pursuit after Gumbinnen, 207–08, 291, 300–02; and Masurian Lakes, 325–26, 328

Reusteck, Otto, 173

Ritter von Wenninger, Karl, 196–99, 325

Russia: Germanophobia in, 14–15; foreign policy of, 15–16; commercial relations with Germany, 18–19, 22, 27–28; internal crisis of, 79–81, 83–84; decision for war, 96–100

Saher zum Weissenstein, Burscher von, 219

Schlimm, Maj., 311–12, 313

Samarin, Yuri, 14

Samsonov, A. V., 134; alleged feud with Rennenkampf, 134, 206–07; advance into East Prussia, 213–18; extends areas of advance westward, 221, 231–34; tries to concentrate center corps, 243, 258–59, 266–67; leaves headquarters, 268–69; with XV Corps, 297–98; suicide of, 309

Sarajevo assassination, 84–85

Sazonov, Sergei, 46–47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 63, 72–73, 79, 81, 83, 90–91, 92, 96–99, 100

Schaffer von Bernstein, Lt.-Col., 278

Schiemann, Theodor, 17

Schlieffen, Alfred von: east versus west, 31–32; and eastern theater, 32–33, 59, 65; on war, 33–34; Schlieffen Plan, 34–35

Schmettau, Maj.-Gen., 281, 305

Schmidt von Schmidtseck, Col., 158, 205

Scholtz, Lt.-Gen., 221–23, 228, 232–33, 238–39, 255–57

Schwerin, Maj., 290

Second Moroccan Conference, 50

Seeckt, Hans von, 342, 349

Serbia: regional ambitions, 55, 56–57; in aftermath of Balkan Wars, 72; relations with Austria, 85–88

Seton-Watson, R. W., 75

Sirelius, Maj.-Gen., 310, 317

Smirnov, Lt.-Gen., 137

Sontag, Maj.-Gen., 256–58, 269–74, 303

Staabs, Maj.-Gen. von, 66, 256, 283–84, 299, 314

Stein, Hermann von, 196–98

Stephani, Walther von, 259–60

Stolypin, P. A., 37, 42, 48

Sukhomlinov, V. A., 53, 63, 80, 81, 83, 133

Tamms, Capt., 308

Tannenberg: named, 292–93, 307; military results, 323–24, 327–29; moral effect on Russia, 324–25; psychological impact, 328–32; postwar legacy, 347, 351; monument, 348, 354; and World War II, 353–54

Tappen, Adolf, 66, 325, 330

Three Emperors’ League (1873), 16; (1881), 20, 23, 224; possible revival of, 36

Tirpitz, Alfred von, 30, 333

Treutler, Georg von, 84

Trotha, Brig.-Gen., 314–15

Unger, Brig.-Gen. von, 192, 258, 282

Urwicz, Pincus, 101–02

Verdy du Vernois, Julius, 201

Waldersee, Alfred von, 24–26, 31

Waldersee, Georg von, 91, 94; 8th Army chief of staff, 140, 153, 156, 171, 193–94, 196–97, 199–200

“War in sight” crisis, 1914, 79–80

Wickham Steed, Henry, 75, 86

Wild von Hohenborn, Adolf, 336, 341

William II, Emperor of Germany, 2, 26, 55, 74, 177, 202–04, 294; eclipse of, 331–33, 339, 340

Wilson, Sir Henry, 82

Wilson, Woodrow, 57, 58

Witte, Sergei, 19

Yanushkevich, N. N., 96

Yepantschin, Lt.-Gen., 137, 167

Zhilinski, Yahou, 132–33, 207, 213–14, 221, 231–32, 301–02, 326

German formations engaged in the Tannenberg campaign

OHL: and 8th Army Command, 194–204; campaign in west, 195–96; reinforces 8th Army, 293–96

8th Army: formation of, 139–43; mission of, 143–45; concentrates on Angerapp, 157–58; effect of Stallupönen on, 164–70; decision to retreat after Gumbinnen, 190–99; change of command, 199–204; concentrates against 2nd Army, 205–07, 228–33; concerns of on August 26, 240–42, 249–50; and threat from Rennenkampf, 261–62, 263–66, 277–78; and I Corps’s advance on Neidenburg, 279–80; unsure of positions of XVII Corps and I Reserve Corps, 286–87, 296; plans for August 29, 292, 296–97; renewed concern for Rennenkampf’s movements, 291–93, 302–03; orders for August 30, 306–07; and Russian counterattack, 312–14; and aftermath of Tannenberg, 325–27.

I Corps, 139, 142–43, 146; and frontier operations, 155–56, 158–59, 161–62; at Stallupönen, 162–68; at Gumbinnen, 172–77, 191–92; redeploys south, 206, 229–31, 233–36; at Seeben-Usdau, 234–38, 250–55, 261; advance of Neidenburg, 278–82; closes ring around 2nd Army, 304–06; and counterattack from south, 310–13, 317–18

XVII Corps, 142, 146, 170, 177, 191; advance to Gumbinnen, 178–80; attack of, 180–86; rout of, 186–88; advances south, 208–09, 229, 242; at Bischofsburg, 242–48; pursues Russians, 261–65; confusion in orders to, 265–66, 286–87, 290–91; pursuit on August 29, 306; and Russian counterattack, 315–16, 317–18

XX Corps, 142, 146, 153, 170, 191–93, 196, 205–06, 222, 237; at Lahna-Orlau, 223–28, 232–33; advance of on August 26, 237–40; detachment of, with I Corps, 250, 255; on August 27, 255–60; on August 28, 269–74, 282

I Reserve Corps, 142, 146; at Gumbinnen, 188–90; redeploys, 209; at Bischofsburg, 243–48, 255, 261, 264; advance on Allenstein, 286–90; pursuit to Hohenstein, 298–300, 303–04

1st Division: at Stallupönen, 162–66; at Gumbinnen, 172–77; at Seeben-Usdau, 234–37, 250–55; advance on Neidenburg, 278–82; pursues Russians, 304–06; and Russian counterattack, 311–14

2nd Division: at Stallupönen, 162, 165–66; at Gumbinnen, 172–77; at Seeben-Usdau, 234–37, 250–55; advance on Neidenburg, 278–82; and Russian counterattack, 311–14

35th Division: at Gumbinnen, 180–86; move south, 242; at Bischofsburg, 244–46; and pursuit of Russians, 306, 316

36th Division: at Gumbinnen, 180–86; move south, 242; at Bischofsburg, 244–46; and pursuit of Russians, 306, 316

37th Division: at Lahna-Orlau, 223–28, 233; movements of, on August 26, 239; on August 27, 256–57, 260; advance on Hohenstein, 283–84, 299–300; redeploy, 312, 314

41st Division: at Lahna-Orlau, 223–27, 233; attacks on August 26, 239; on August 27, 256–58; attacks Waplitz, 269–74, 281; on August 29, 303

1st Reserve Division, 189–90, 245, 288–90

3rd Reserve Division, 142, 146, 208–10, 227, 233, 239–40, 249–50, 255–56, 260, 274–75, 283, 303

36th Reserve Division, 189–90, 245–46, 288, 290

Goltz Landwehr Division, 230, 259, 275–77, 283–85, 299–301

1st Cavalry Division, 151, 210

5th Landwehr Brigade, 250, 252, 278, 307

6th Landwehr Brigade, 245, 247, 300

70th Landwehr Brigade, 223, 233, 274, 282

69th Garrison Brigade, 258, 274

Schmettau’s Force, 250, 255, 256, 270, 278, 280–82, 304–06

1st Grenadiers, 161, 174–76

3rd Grenadiers, 143, 166, 173, 304

4th Grenadiers, 109, 253, 262–63, 281

5th Grenadiers, 143, 182, 185–86, 290–91

18th Infantry, 223

21st Infantry, 306, 308–09

33rd Fusiliers, 166, 252

41st Infantry, 164, 167, 315

43rd Infantry, 163, 278

44th Infantry, 111, 253

45th Infantry, 166, 173–74, 252–53

59th Infantry, 223, 239, 271–73, 306

128th Infantry, 183

129th Infantry, 180, 183

141st Infantry, 109, 182, 188

148th Infantry, 271, 272, 273

150th Infantry, 227, 228, 239, 273, 283

151st Infantry, 219, 224, 225, 305

152nd Infantry, 271, 273

175th Infantry, 242

176th Infantry, 315–17

1st Jäger Battalion, 109, 223, 225–26, 238

26th Pioneer Battalion, 272–73

3rd Reserve Infantry, 143, 188, 290

16th Field Artillery, 161, 304

35th Field Artillery, 274

36th Field Artillery, 185

37th Field Artillery, 253

52nd Field Artillery, 161, 314

71st Field Artillery, 188

81st Field Artillery, 185

1st Reserve Field Artillery, 188