Tannenberg

Tannenberg may refer to

Tannenberg, Saxony, a town in the district of Annaberg in the German state of Saxony.
The German name for the village of Stębark in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.
Battle of Tannenberg (1410) or Battle of Grunwald, fought at the above in 1410
Battle of Tannenberg (1914) in World War I, actually fought some thirty kilometres to the east, but given the name recalling the earlier battle
Tannenberg Memorial, commemorating the above
Battle of Tannenberg Line in World War II, fought in 1944 in Estonia

1914 Battle

For a more detailed account see Battle of Tannenberg (1914) - In August 1914 when Germany marched into Northern France. Tsar Nicholas II found himself in a dilemma. According to a treaty with the French, he was obliged to attack Germany in order to prevent his ally from becoming completely overrun. But Russia was not ready for battle. Its troops were unfit and undertrained. Their equipment was inferior, and the supply routes to the front worse than rudimentary. Yet the Tsar stood by his treaty, and was confident that he would be able to overwhelm the Germans through sheer weight of numbers. So began the Tennerberg Campaign. Over the course of the next six weeks the Russians repeatedly found themselves outmanoeuvred and outwitted by their German counterparts.

Translation

The word "Tannenberg" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål).