Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Orlau-Frankenau in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
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
The Germans advance to Tannenberg to trap the Russian Army
Provenance
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