Russian Troops Captured at the Battle of Tannenberg (August 1914)

Notes:

Hundreds of Russian prisoners of war march past captured gun carriages and German soldiers and into captivity in Germany. After their initial success in the invasion of East Prussia in August 1914, the Germans mounted a massive counter-offensive and destroyed a Russian army at the Battle of Tannenberg.

Date Created:

1914-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Capture, Russian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Francis Whiting Halsey,The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, British, French, German, and Others, Volume VII: Russia’s Early Victories–Mackensen’s Battle of the Dunajec and the Great Invasion of Russia–Russia’s Second Offensive under Brusiloff–The Revolution and the Brest-Litovsk Treaty–Bolsheviki Rule and Russia’s Efforts to Right Herself, August 1, 1914-July 20, 1919, New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1919, 2.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/220