Hindenburg at Tannenberg, by Hugo Vogel Colonel General Maximilian von Prittwitz , Commander, replaced on August 23 Colonel General Paul von Hindenburg , Commander
Maj. Gen. Erich Ludendorff , Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Paul Grünert, Quartermaster General Maj. Gen. Otto Kersten, Chief Engineer Lt. Col. Max Hoffmann , Chief of Operations
I Army Corps – General Hermann von François Col. Walter Schmidt von Schmidtseck, Chief of Staff
1st Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Richard von Conta
1st Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Friedrich von Trotha 1st Grenadiers – Lt. Col. Eggerss 41st Infantry – Colonel Schönfeld 2nd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Conrado Paschen 3rd Grenadiers – Colonel von Wedel 43rd Infantry – Colonel von Eisenhart-Rothe 1st Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Kurt Moewes 16th Field Artillery – Colonel Bromeis 52nd Field Artillery – Colonel Hellwig 8th Uhlans – Lt. Col. Freiherr Schäffer von Bernstein 2nd Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Adalbert von Falk
3rd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Theodor Mengelbier 4th Grenadiers – Colonel Stern 44th Infantry – Colonel von Löper 4th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Bernhard Böß 33rd Fusiliers – Lt. Col. Weicke 45th Infantry – Colonel Maaß German 8th Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26–31 August 1914 XVII Army Corps – General August von Mackensen
35th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Otto Hennig
70th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Heinrich Schmidt von Knobelsdorff 21st Infantry – Colonel Brunnemann 61st Infantry – Maj. Lüdecke 87th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Johannes von Hahn 141st Infantry – Lt. Col. von Steinkeller 176th Infantry – Maj. Runge 35th Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Leopold Uhden 71st Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Hecht 81st Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Bertog 4th Mounted Rifles – Lt. Col. Freiherr von Lön 36th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Konstanz von Heineccius
69th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. George von Engelbrechten 129th Infantry – Colonel Breßler 175th Infantry – Lt. Col. Schleenstein 71st Infantry Brigade – Colonel Lutz von Dewitz 5th Grenadiers – Colonel Freiherr von Eichendorff 128th Infantry – Colonel von Tresckow 36th Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Viktor Hahndorff 36th Field Artillery – Maj. Waldeyer 72nd Field Artillery – Colonel von Rabenau 5th Hussars – Colonel Freiherr von Barnekow XX Army Corps – General Friedrich von Scholtz
37th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Hermann von Staabs
73rd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Carl Wilhelmi 147th Infantry – Colonel Ritzsch 151st Infantry – Colonel Dorsch 1st Jager Battalion – Maj. Weigelt 75th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Alfred von Böckmann 146th Infantry – Colonel von Heydebreck 150th Infantry – Colonel Küster 37th Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Wilhelm Buchholz 73rd Field Artillery – Colonel Forst 82nd Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Plantier 11th Dragoons – Lt. Col. Maaß 41st Infantry Division – Maj. Gen. Leo Sontag
72nd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Georg Schaer 18th Infantry – Colonel Mecke 59th Infantry – Colonel Sonntag 74th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Rudolf Reiser 148th Infantry – Colonel von der Osten 152nd Infantry – Colonel Geisler 41st Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Wilhelm Johann Neugebauer 35th Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Wilke 79th Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Marcus 10th Dragoons – Lt. Col. von Lewinski I Reserve Corps – Lt. Gen. Otto von Below
1st Reserve Division – Lt. Gen. Sigismund von Förster
1st Reserve Infantry Brigade – Ma. Gen. Karl Barre 1st Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. von Sommerfeld und Falkenhayn 3rd Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. von Steuber 72nd Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Maximilian Gustav Licht 18th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Freiherr von Lützow 59th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Modrow 1st Reserve Jager Battalion – Cpt. Mellin 1st Reserve Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Schulz 3rd Reserve Division – Lt. Gen. Curt von Morgen
5th Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Emil Hesse 2nd Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Rodig 9th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Wobring 6th Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Erich Krause 34th Reserve Infantry – Colonel Hein 49th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Freiherr von Eberstein 3rd Reserve Field Artillery Maj. Erhardt 5th Reserve Dragoons – Maj. von Götz 1st Reserve Uhlans – Maj. Berner 36th Reserve Division – Maj. Gen. Kurt Kruge
69th Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Otto von Homeyer 21st Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Heyn 61st Reserve Infantry – Colonel Immanuel 2nd Reserve Jager Battalion – Cpt. Brückner 70th Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Detlev Vett 5th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Graf zu Reventlow 54th Infantry (detached from the 3rd Division at the outbreak of war) – Colonel von Tippelskirch 36th Reserve Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Lannert 1st Reserve Hussars – Maj. von Borcke Höheres Landwehr Kommando No. 1 / 1st Landwehr Division – Lt. Gen. Georg Freiherr von der Goltz
33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade – Maj. Gen. Viktor von Oertzen 75th Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. von Stwolinski 76th Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. Billig 34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade – Lt. Gen. Ernst von Pressentin 31st Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. von Lilienhoff-Zwowitzki 84th Landwehr Infantry – Colonel Becker Landwehr Cavalry Regiment – Cpt. von Sydow 1st Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Hermann Brecht
1st Cavalry Brigade – Colonel Wedig von Glasenapp 3rd (East Prussian) Cuirassiers "Count Wrangel" – Lt. Col. von Lewinski 1st (Lithuanian) Dragoons "Prince Albrecht of Prussia" – Lt. Col. Graf von Kanitz 2nd Cavalry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Robert Freiherr von Kapherr 12th (Lithuanian) Uhlans – Colonel von Below 9th Jäger zu Pferde – Lt. Col. von Koppelow 41st Cavalry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Heinrich von Hofmann 5th (West Prussian) Cuirassiers "Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg" – Lt. Col. von Rex 4th (1st Pomeranian) Uhlans "von Schmidt" – Maj. Charisius Other units in the field
Königsbergs Reserve – Lt. Gen. Günther von PappritzKönigsberg Fortress Division – Lt. Gen. Georg Ludwig Franz BrodrückThorn Fortress Division (35th Reserve Division) – Lt. Gen. Max Philipp von SchmettauGraudenz Fortress Division – Maj. Gen. Fritz von UngerLötzen Fortress Brigade – Colonel Busse6th Landwehr Brigade – Maj. Gen. Adolf Karl Krahmer70th Landwehr Brigade – Maj. Gen. Adolf BreithauptReinforcements
Posen Fortress Division 1st Landwehr Division 2nd Landwehr Brigade – Colonel Arthur Freiherr von LupinFrom the Western Front
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