Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1914 a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I sojojin Jamus a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Janar Paul von Hindenburg sun sami nasara mai mahimmanci a kan sojojin Daular Rasha da ke mamaye Gabashin Prussia a Yaƙin Tannenberg. Yaƙin ya kasance daga 26 zuwa 30 ga Agusta kuma a zahiri ya haɗa da ɗimbin yaƙe-yaƙe da aka mai da hankali kan Olsztynek, wanda aka fi sani da "Hohenstein". Duk da haka, an kira shi bayan "Tannenberg" na kusa da Jamus masu nasara a kan bukatar Hindenburg, don dalilai na farfaganda da kuma jefa shi a matsayin fansa don rashin nasarar da aka yi a tsakiyar zamanai. A cikin 1934 an yi jana'izar von Hindenburg a can. A cikin Yaƙin Duniya na II, tatsuniyar Tannenberg ta ba da suna ga ayyukan kisan gillar Jamus "Operation Tannenberg" da aka yi wa mutanen Poland, yayin da Yaƙin Tannenberg Line
yana nufin yakin Gabas na Gabas wanda ya faru a Estonia.