Alexander Samsonov Biography and Timeline

Birth of Alexander Samsonov

Birth of Alexander Samsonov

Death of Alexander Samsonov

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide

Second Army

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide

Suicide

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide

Death of Alexander Samsonov

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide. Shoots himself after the Battle of Tannenberg

Role range: 1914-1918

Invasion of Prussia

Leads the Second Army, 13 divisions & 5 corps, in the ill-fated invasion of Prussia

Role range: 1914-1918

Second Army

Leads the Second Army, 13 divisions & 5 corps, in the ill-fated invasion of Prussia

Role range: 1914-1918

First Army

Tasked, along with Paul von Rennenkampf, commander of First Army, with the Russian invasion of East Prussia. Russias invasion of East Prussia, part of pre-war strategy, Plan 19, is two-pronged, Rennenkampfs First Army, of 200,000 men, enters East Prussia from the north while General Samsonovs Second Army invades from the south

Role range: 1914-1918

Invasion of Germany

Tasked, along with Paul von Rennenkampf, commander of First Army, with the Russian invasion of East Prussia. Russias invasion of East Prussia, part of pre-war strategy, Plan 19, is two-pronged, Rennenkampfs First Army, of 200,000 men, enters East Prussia from the north while General Samsonovs Second Army invades from the south

Role range: 1914-1918

Invasion of Prussia

Tasked, along with Paul von Rennenkampf, commander of First Army, with the Russian invasion of East Prussia. Russias invasion of East Prussia, part of pre-war strategy, Plan 19, is two-pronged, Rennenkampfs First Army, of 200,000 men, enters East Prussia from the north while General Samsonovs Second Army invades from the south

Role range: 1914-1918

Second Army

Russias invasion of East Prussia, part of pre-war strategy, Plan 19, is two-pronged, Rennenkampfs First Army, of 200,000 men, enters East Prussia from the north while General Samsonovs Second Army invades from the south

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

Samsonov runs into a German trap, 1st day of the Battle of Tannenberg

Role range: 1914-1918

Invasion of Germany

Samsonovs Second Army starts to advance into East Prussia

Role range: 1914-1918

Second Army

Samsonovs Second Army starts to advance into East Prussia

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

Invades Germany near the village of Tannenberg

Role range: 1914-1918

Invasion of Germany

Invades Germany near the village of Tannenberg

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Orlau-Frankenau

Withdraws to Tannenberg. The Russians are stopped by the German XX corps. The Germans know the Russian positions because of Samsonovs uncoded radio messages. Russia withdraws to Tannenberg. bu the Germans know Russian positions because they decode radio messages. Attacks East Prussia & defeats the Germans

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

Zhilinsky orders Samsonov to stop "acting the coward & resume the offensive"

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Orlau-Frankenau

The Germans advance to Tannenberg to trap the Russian Army

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

The Russian centre moves into a trap & is overwhelmed by the German VIII Army. Shoots himself after the Battle of Tannenberg. Decisive German victory under Hindenburg & Ludendorf against Russia in East Prussia. 2 Russian corps, 13th, 15th & 23rd are trapped

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

Hindenburg drives Samsonovs army back to Hohenstein

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

Hindenburg takes 90,000 prisoners & several hundred guns

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf. Only 60,000 Russian troops escape.

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

Samsonov is surrounded on 3 sides by Hindenburgs army & by swamps & lakes.

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide.

Role range: 1914-1918

Eighth Army

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf

Role range: 1914-1918

First Army

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf

Role range: 1914-1918

STAVKA

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf

Role range: 1914-1918

Second Army

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide

Role range: 1914-1918

Suicide

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Tannenberg

The Russian Second Army disintegrates, Samsonov shoots himself

Role range: 1914-1918

Second Army

The Russian Second Army disintegrates, Samsonov shoots himself

Role range: 1914-1918

Invasion of Germany

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf

Role range: 1914-1918

Invasion of Prussia

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf

Role range: 1914-1918

Commander of Second Army

Given command of the Russian Second Army

Commander of Second Army

Given command of the Russian Second Army

Role range: 1914-1918

Second Army

Given command of the Russian Second Army

Role range: 1914-1918