eastern+front+by+kiowa+and+carleno

__**eastern front by kiowa and carlenoeastern Front**__


 * Battle of Stalluponen**


 * where: east prussia**


 * what: first action of the eastern front.**


 * when: august 17, 1914**


 * result: prittwitz concurred authorising a much larger attack 3 days later upon russias first army on august 20th at the battle of gummbinnen.**




 * Battle of Gumbinnen**


 * where:40km inside east prussian border.**


 * what:the battle 3 days after the stallupopen battle.**


 * when:early hours of August 20th, 1914.**


 * result:All of Russia was nearly killed and murdered.**




 * Battle of Bolimov**


 * where:This Battle took place in Warsaw in the west.**


 * what:The Germans were the one we believe started the war:**


 * when: The battle took place the year of 1915 in January.**


 * result:Russia ended up beating Germany in the war.**




 * Battle of tannenberg**


 * where:east prussia**


 * what:general rennenkampf and the 2 armies planned to assalt general prittwitz 8th army.**


 * when:late august 1914**


 * result:samsonov lost and killed himself and the men known as Hindeburg and Ludendroff were looked as heroes in Germany.[[image:historyishappening/tann.jpg]]**


 * Battle of Lake Naroch**


 * where:The battle started out Verdun.**


 * what:Commander in chief pressed his allies offensives of their own and to draw forces away from Verdun wherever possible; Britain quickly responded the war was on.**


 * when:In early 1916**


 * result:German losses 20,000 men while the Russians lose 70,000 men big difference between the two.**




 * Joseph Cesaire was born January 12, 1852 rivesaltes in the Eastern Pyrenees was appointed chief in 1911 of the french General staff**
 * was known as Papa Joffre. He was responsible for the development of the deeply flawed plan XVII blueprint for the invasion of Germany.**
 * He also acted to purge the French army defensively-minded officers prior to the outbreak of war. He died January 3, 1931 in Paris.**


 * General von Prittwitz was born in Sileasia . He served as a commander of the German eight army. He was somewhat of a timid commander. Defeat of the**
 * battle of Gummiben led a panicked Prittwitz to withdrawl and effictively abandon East Prussia to the Russians before the order was executed he was recalled to Berlin by Helmuth von Moltke. He chose to replace the cautious**
 * Prittwitz with the decidely more agressive combination Paul Von Hindeburg.**




 * General Samsonov was born in the late 1800's. He served a term as gonvenor turkestan. His first major actions was in east Prussia which was his**
 * last. His second army was destroyed he lost a total of 150,000 men in command less than 10,000 of his men**
 * had escaped from one of the wars. He lost in wooded Terrain, and was unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster tsar Nicholas II.**




 * Paul Von Rennekampf joined the Russian army at the age of 19. He studied a Nicolavesky Military Academy in St.Petersburg from 1879-1882.**
 * He was appointed General Staff in 1882 the year he graduated from St.Petersburg. He was given Command of the First Army onset war in 1914 . He retired to the Black sea, he was approcahed by the Bolsheviks to serve in the Red Army in the Civil War in 1918 then he was eventually shot.**




 * August Von Mackensen was born on Decenber 6, 1849. He was considered one of the best field commanders of the German army in the**
 * the first world war. He fought in all major attacks on the Eastern front in the First world war. Was a corps commander in Prittwitz eighth army and in September 1915 he was charged for sucessfully invading Serbia in the Balkans, afterwards commanding the Danube Army in Romainan Campaign in autmn.**




 * This was influential because it has the leader and the men in front of him holding up the country flag. Fighting**
 * for their contry standing tall and strong.**




 * This is influential because it says "His life is in your hands" letting people know they should join to help their fellow troops. and fight alongside of them and do their best to fight.**




 * Telling the people that "we can do it" is persuading them into joining the forces. With the girl flexing is adding more persuasion.**




 * With the girl held hostage its letting people know that you don't want this type of thing happening near your home so joining the forces**
 * will "Keep that from happening".**




 * Reading the text in the propaganda poster is trying to have people kind of intimidated getting hit by a bomb at home**
 * so joining the forces will keep you in the people in your hometown getting hit by a bomb too.**