Tannenberg

American  

[tahn-uhn-berk] / ˈtɑn ən bɛrk /

noun

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

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Tannenberg British  

/ ˈtanənbɛrk /

noun

1. Polish name: Stębark.  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

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Example Sentences

The four-day Battle of Tannenberg ended with a humiliating Russian defeat as the czar’s troops threw down their weapons and ran for their lives.

From Literature

The more we read about the Battle of Tannenberg, especially of course in Norman Stone’s wonderful book The Eastern Front, the more you realise there was a good deal of pure luck in that victory.

From The Guardian

Fellow Moravian David Tannenberg feared that would “injure his livelihood,” so Antes was told to finish only the claviers he had begun for friends.

From Washington Times

Ypres, Verdun, the Somme, Gallipoli and Tannenberg are names that live on in history books.

From Washington Post

There’s also a model of the Cracow Tannenberg monument, depicting the victorious king at the top and the order’s fallen grandmaster at his feet.

From BusinessWeek