Order of battle at Tannenberg (1914)

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This is the order of battle for both the Russian and German armies at the Battle of Tannenberg, August 17 to September 2, 1914.

Contents

[edit] Russian Northwest Front

[edit] First Army

General Paul von Rennenkampf

II Corps

26th Infantry Division

43rd Infantry Division

III Corps

25th Infantry Division

27th Infantry Division

IV Corps

28th Infantry Division

29th Infantry Division

Unattached

56th Infantry Division

1st Guard Cavalry Division

2nd Guard Cavalry Division

1st Independent Cavalry Brigade

1st Heavy Artillery Brigade

[edit] Second Army

General Alexander Samsonov

I Corps

22nd Infantry Division

24th Infantry Division

VI Corps

4th Infantry Division

16th Infantry Division

XIII Corps

1st Infantry Division

36th Infantry Division

XV Corps

6th Infantry Division

8th Infantry Division

XXIII Corps

3rd Guard Infantry Division

2nd Infantry Division

Unattached

4th Cavalry Division

6th Cavalry Division

15th Cavalry Division

1st Rifle Brigade

2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade

[edit] German Eighth Army

Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg, commander
General Erich Ludendorff, Chief of Staff
Col. Max Hoffmann, Chief of operations

I Army Corps

1st Infantry Division

1st Infantry Brigade
1st Grenadiers
41st Infantry
2nd Infantry Brigade
3rd Grenadiers
43rd Infantry
1st Field Artillery Brigade
16th Field Artillery
52nd Field Artillery
8th Uhlans

2nd Infantry Division

3rd Infantry Brigade
4th Grenadiers
44th Infantry
4th Infantry Brigade
33rd Fusiliers
45th Infantry

XVII Army Corps

35th Infantry Division

70th Infantry Brigade
21st Infantry
61st Infantry
87th Infantry Brigade
174th Infantry
176th Infantry
35th Field Artillery Brigade
36th Field Artillery
72nd Field Artillery
4th Jager zu Pferde

36th Infantry Division

69th Infantry Brigade
129th Infantry
175th Infantry
71st Infantry Brigade
5th Grenadiers
128th Infantry
35th Field Artillery Brigade
36th Field Artillery
72nd Field Artillery
5th Hussars

XX Army Corps

37th Infantry Division

73rd Infantry Brigade
147th Infantry
151st Infantry
1st Jager Battalion
75th Infantry Brigade
146th Infantry
150th Infantry
37th Field Artillery Brigade
73rd Field Artillery
82nd Field Artillery
11th Dragoons

41st Infantry Division

72nd Infantry Brigade
18th Infantry
59th Infantry
74th Infantry Brigade
148th Infantry
152nd Infantry
41st Field Artillery Brigade
35th Field Artillery
79th Field Artillery
10th Dragoons

I Reserve Corps

1st Reserve Division

1st Reserve Infantry Brigade
1st Reserve Infantry
3rd Reserve Infantry
72nd Reserve Infantry Brigade
18th Reserve Infantry
59th Reserve Infantry
1st Reserve Jager Battalion
1st Reserve Field Artillery

3rd Reserve Division

5th Reserve Infantry Brigade
2nd Reserve Infantry
9th Reserve Infantry
6th Reserve Infantry Brigade
34th Reserve Infantry
49th Reserve Infantry
3rd Reserve Field Artillery
5th Reserve Dragoons
1st Reserve Uhlans

36th Reserve Division

69th Reserve Infantry Brigade
21st Reserve Infantry
61st Reserve Infantry
2nd Reserve Jager Battalion
70th Reserve Infantry Brigade
5th Reserve Infantry
54th Infantry (detached from the 3rd Division at the outbreak of war)
36th Reserve Field Artillery
1st Reserve Hussars

Hoherer-Landwehr Kommando No. 1 / 1st Landwehr Division

33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade
75th Landwehr Infantry
76th Landwehr Infantry
34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
31st Landwehr Infantry
84th Landwehr Infantry
Landwehr Cavalry Regiment

1st Cavalry Division

1st Cavalry Brigade
3rd Cuirassers
1st Dragoons
2nd Cavalry Brigade
12th Uhlans
9th Jager zu Pferde
4th Cavalry Brigade
4th Uhlans
5th Cuirassers

[edit] References

  • Showalter, Dennis E. Tannenberg: Clash of Empires. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1991.