- 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
Russian Northwest Front
First Army
General Paul von Rennenkampf
II Corps (transferred from the Second Army, 22 August)
26th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
III Corps
25th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
IV Corps
30th Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
XX Corps
28th Infantry Division
29th Infantry Division
Unattached
56th Infantry Division
1st Guard Cavalry Division
2nd Guard Cavalry Division
1st Cavalry Division
2nd Cavalry Division
3rd Cavalry Division
5th Rifle Brigade
1st Independent Cavalry Brigade
1st Heavy Artillery Brigade
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
German Eighth Army
Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, commander
General Erich Ludendorff, Chief of Staff
Col. Max Hoffmann, Chief of operations- 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
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 4th Grenadiers
- 44th Infantry
- 4th Infantry Brigade
- 33rd Fusiliers
- 45th Infantry
XVII Army Corps
- 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 Mounted Rifles
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
Höheres 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 (East Prussian) Cuirassiers "Count Wrangel"
- 1st (Lithuanian) Dragoons "Prince Albrecht of Prussia"
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade
- 12th (Lithuanian) Uhlans
- 9th Jäger zu Pferde
- 41st Cavalry Brigade
- 5th (West Prussian) Cuirassiers "Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg"
- 4th (1st Pomeranian) Uhlans "von Schmidt"
Other units in the field
- Königsbergs Reserve
- 1st Landwehr Brigade
- Lötzen Fortress Brigare
- 70th Landwehr Brigade
- Königsberg Fortress Division
- Thorn Fortress Division
- Graudenz Fortress Division
- 6th Landwehr Brigade
Reinforcements
- 3rd Reserve Division
- 2nd Landwehr Brigade
- 1st Landwehr Division
- Posen Fortress Division
From the Western Front
- XI Army Corps
- Guards Reserve Corps
- 3rd Guards Infantry Division
- 1st Guards Reserve Division
References
- Showalter, Dennis E. Tannenberg: Clash of Empires. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1991.
- Sweetman, John (2004), Tannenberg 1914 (1st ed.), London: Cassell, ISBN 978-0304356355.
Categories:- World War I orders of battle
- Conflicts in 1914
- 1st Infantry Brigade
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