Table of Contents

ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN
Alliance and misalliances
Girding for war
Stavka plans

CHRONOLOGY

OPPOSING COMMANDERS
Russian
German

OPPOSING FORCES
Russian
German
Orders of battle

OPPOSING PLANS
Russian
German

THE CAMPAIGN
Der Russeneinfall –the Russian invasion
Invasion
Stallupönen: 17 August
Gumbinnen: 20 August
A change of strategy
Man of the moment
Samsonov’s progress
Der Alte Hase – the old hand
Lahna and Orlau: 23–24 August
See the elephant: Usdau and Bischofsburg, 25–26 August
The sound of the guns: Usdau, 27 August
Turning the flank: 27 August
Interlude at Osterode
A day of decision: 28 August
The beginnings of collapse: 28–29 August
Days of decision: 29–30 August

AFTERMATH

GAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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Explore the Eastern Front battle that resulted in one of the greatest defeats of World War I, in which an entire Russian army was annihilated by German arms.

About the Author

Michael McNally was born in London in 1964. An expert on 17th- and 18th-century warfare, his previous titles for Osprey include works on the Cromwellian campaigns in Ireland 1649–52, the battles of the Boyne 1690 and Fontenoy 1745. A highly versatile author, he also has a passionate interest in more modern subjects, as demonstrated by his publications on the naval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914, and a Fortress series study of Colditz. Michael is married with three children and lives in Germany, where he works for a major reinsurance company.

Reviews

gives a good feel for the strategic choices and command-quality on both sides
*Miniature Wargames*

If you have never thought about this theatre of operations in WWI, this work will make you reconsider your opinion and wish to read more on the subject.
*Gunmart*