August 1914
Battle of Tannenberg
Hindenburg drives Samsonovs army back to Hohenstein
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Hindenburg drives Samsonovs army back to Hohenstein
Only 60,000 Russian troops escape. Hindenburg takes 90,000 prisoners & several hundred guns
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