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Battle of Masurian Lakes

Name: Battle of Masurian Lakes – Germany factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1914–1915Date range

3Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1914

August von Mackensen9 September 1914

Masurian Lakes · Warfare / World War, 1st

Leads the XVIII Corps

Paul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg9 October 1914

River Vistula · Warfare / World War, 1st

Hindenburg reaches the Vistula

1915

Georg von der MarwitzFebruary 1915

Masurian Lakes · Warfare / World War, 1st

Following action at the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes in February wins the prestigious Pour le Merite

Names involved

August von MackensenGeorg von der MarwitzPaul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg

Provenance

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