Maximilian von PrittwitzAugust 1914
Dispatched to East Prussia to defend against a likely Russian invasion as documented in Russias war strategy, Plan 19
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Dispatched to East Prussia to defend against a likely Russian invasion as documented in Russias war strategy, Plan 19
The order to withdraw effectively abandoned East Prussia to the Russians; before the order was executed he was recalled to Berlin by Helmuth von Moltke, the German Army Chief of Staff. Defeat at the scrappy Battle of Gumbinnen led a panicked Prittwitz to order the withdrawal of Eighth Army to the River Vistula, fearing encirclement by the Russian First and Second Armies
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