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This is the order of battle for both the Russian and German armies at the Battle of Tannenberg, August 17 to September 2, 1914.
General Yakov Zhilinsky, Front Commander (not present)
Maj. Gen. Sir Alfred Knox, British Military Attache (attached to 2nd Army)
General Paul von Rennenkampf, Commander
Lt. Gen. Gavriil Mileant, Chief of Staff
II Corps (transferred from the Second Army, 22 August) – General Sergei Scheidemann
III Corps – General Nikolai Epanchin
IV Corps – General Eris Khan Sultan Giray Aliyev
XX Corps – General Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov
Unattached
5th Rifle Brigade
1st Guard Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Nikolai Kaznakov
2nd Guard Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Georgy Ottonovich Rauch
1st Cavalry Division– Lt. Gen. Vasily Gurko
2nd Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski
3rd Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Vladimir Belgard
1st Independent Cavalry Brigade
1st Heavy Artillery Brigade
General Alexander Samsonov, Commander
Maj. Gen. Postowski, Chief of Staff
I Corps – General Artamanov, relieved on August 28
– Lt. Gen Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich
VI Corps – General Alexander Blagoveshchensky
XIII Corps – Lt. Gen. Nikolai Klyuev
XV Corps – General Nikolai Martos
XXIII Corps – General Kyprian Kandratovich
Unattached
1st Rifle Brigade
4th Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Anton Tolpygo
6th Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Vladimir Roop
15th Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Pavel Lyubomirov
2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade
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
2nd Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Adalbert von Falk
XVII Army Corps – General August von Mackensen
35th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Otto Hennig
36th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Konstanz von Heineccius
XX Army Corps – General Friedrich von Scholtz
37th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Hermann von Staabs
41st Infantry Division – Maj. Gen. Leo Sontag
I Reserve Corps – Lt. Gen. Otto von Below
1st Reserve Division – Lt. Gen. Sigismund von Förster
3rd Reserve Division – Lt. Gen. Curt von Morgen
36th Reserve Division – Maj. Gen. Kurt Kruge
Höheres Landwehr Kommando No. 1 / 1st Landwehr Division – Lt. Gen. Georg Freiherr von der Goltz
1st Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Hermann Brecht
Other units in the field
Reinforcements
From the Western Front
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