Tannenberg

[ German tahn-uhn-berk ]

noun

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

Tannenberg

/ 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 nameStębark

Example Sentences

For a time the Russian armies continued to press westward in spite of the Tannenberg disaster.

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His fear of the Russian in the east had been relieved by a tremendous victory at Tannenberg.

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At every table the "beer strategists" were discussing this newest of great victories, which they were calling a second Tannenberg.

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I think it will not be until after this war is over that the world will know in detail what happened at Tannenberg.

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Being refused his reward, he piped the children of Lorch into the Tannenberg.

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