Tannenberg

[ German tahn-uhn-berk ]

noun
  1. a village formerly in East Prussia, now in N Poland: major German victory over the Russians 1914.

  • Polish Stębark.

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Tannenberg

/ (German ˈtanənbɛrk) /


noun
  1. a village in N Poland, formerly in East Prussia: site of a decisive defeat of the Teutonic Knights by the Poles in 1410 and of a decisive German victory over the Russians in 1914: Polish name: Stębark

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