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Battle of Grunwald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3836 words) |
 | In fact there was a joke that "the battle with the fascist Teutons was won by joint Polish-Soviet forces" (most of the territory of the Grand Duchy was part of the Soviet Union in 20th century). |
| Jagiełło in the reconstruction of the battle in 2003 |
| In Germany the battle was known as the Battle of Tannenberg. |
| Battle of Tannenberg (1914) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (427 words) |
| The Battle of Tannenberg of 1914 was a decisive conflict between Russia and Germany in the first days of World War I, fought by the Russian 1st and 2nd Armies and the German Eighth Army between August 17 and September 2, 1914. |
| General Erich Ludendorff, the chief of staff for the new theatre commander Field-Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, dated the official dispatch reporting the victory from the nearby village of Tannenberg (Stębark), and the battle is thus known to history by the latter name. |
| Ludendorff chose Tannenberg as a way to exact revenge for the defeat of the Teutonic knights at the Battle of Grunwald. |
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