... of encirclement in world history. Historians consider Tannenberg a spectacular and complete German victory of World War One. It was here, Tannenberg, where the Germans had demonstrated skilled planning, swift movement, and considerable daring to lure the Russian Second Army into encirclement and annihilate them. The Germans had ended Russia's invasion of East Prussia before it had begun. Beginning on August ... Hoffmann. The three were aware that they were outnumbered 485,000 Germans to 173,000 Russians. They quickly agreed that their only chance lay in a bold gamble. The German leaders...

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