Freiherr von Marschall, Col., 201
Giers, N. I., 20, 26–27
Goltz, Colmar Freiherr von der, 154
Goltz, Maj.-Gen. Freiherr von der, 207, 275–77, 284–85, 299–300
Great Britain: and German rivalry, 3, 28–29 naval negotiations with Russia, 92–94 in July Crisis, 89–90, 93–94
Grey, Sir Edward, 54, 55, 76, 86
Groener, Wilhelm, 88, 94–95, 201, 293–94
Grosse Ostaufmarsch, 65–66
Grünert, Col., 140, 192–94, 257
Guchkov, A. J., 324
Haeften, Hans von, 339
Hahn, Brig.-Gen. von, 181, 316–17
Hahndorff, Brig.-Gen., 185
Haldane, Richard, 55
Hartwig, Nicholas, 51
Hausmann, Conrad von, 344
Heeringen, Josias von, 70
Hehn, Viktor, 17
Heineccius, Maj.-Gen. von, 181, 244–45, 350
Hell, Emil, 191, 205–06, 222, 227–28, 232, 238
Hennig, Maj.-Gen., 186, 315–16
Hesse, Lt., 371–72
Hindenburg, Paul von: character and career, 201–02; commander 8th Army, 202; relationship to Ludendorff, 204–05, 241–42, 291–92; and concentration against Samsonov, 228, 233; reactions on August 27, 261–62; and advance on Allenstein, 286–88, 296–97; tactical conclusions, 309–10; and Tannenberg mythos, 329–31; as symbol, 334–35, 347–48; and eastern front, 338–41
Hintze, Paul von, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
Hitler, Adolf, 333–34, 352–53
Hoffmann, Max, 140–41, 154, 192–94, 195, 196, 205, 206–07, 262–63, 276, 290, 292, 294–95, 300, 313, 330, 349
Holstein, Friedrich von, 22–24, 27–28, 35
Hoth, Hermann, 291
House, Edward, 82–83
Izvolsky, A. P., 37–42, 53
Jagow, Gottlieb von, 75, 82
Joffre, Joseph, 52–53
Kiderlin-Wächter, Alfred von, 48, 54, 55
Kluck, Alexander von, 139–40, 155, 178
Kluyev, Maj.-Gen., 258–59, 266–67, 277, 297–98, 299, 308–09
Knox, Alfred, 216, 231–32, 269
Körner, Lt., 311
Kokovtsov, V. N., 42, 48, 52, 73, 79, 83
Kruger, Johannes and Walter, 348
Kühl, Hermann von, 66
Kuhn, Andreas, 218, 220–21, 281
Lagarde, Paul de, 17
Liman von Sanders, 72–74
Ludendorff, Erich: early career, 199; at Liège, 199–200; 8th Army chief of staff, 200; relationship to Hindenburg, 204–05; and army staff, 206–07; and concentration against Samsonov, 228–33; reaction to François’s delays, 235–36; anxiety of, on August 26, 240–41; plans for August 27, 249–50; and Rennenkampf’s threat, 261–62, 264–66; orders I Corps to Lahna, 279–80; and advance on Allenstein, 286–88, 296–97, 300; gives battle its name, 292–93; and reinforcements, 293–96; plans operations against Rennenkampf, 302–03, 306–07, 318–19; reinforces François, 312–13; career after Tannenberg, 329–30, 334–44
Lyncker, Maj.-Gen. von, 201
Mackensen, August von: early career, 177–78; at Gumbinnen, 180–88, 194; at Bischofsburg, 240–48; concern for Rennenkampf’s advance, 247–48; advance on Allenstein, 264, 286–88, 290–91; and pursuit south, 306, 316; later career, 325, 342–43, 349
Martos, Lt.-Gen., 297–98, 307, 314
Mediterranean Agreements, 23
Messimy, Adolphe, 97
Mikhnevich, N. P., 128–29
Miliutin, D. I., 127
Moltke, Helmuth von (the elder), 20, 24–25
Moltke, Helmuth von (the younger), 43–45, 64, 65–67, 81–82, 94; views on war, 1911, 59–60; character, 88; in July crisis, 97–101; and eastern front, 144; and Conrad, 45–46, 157; and Prittwitz’s relief, 194–200; and decision to reinforce eastern theater, 293–96
Morgen, Curt von, 208, 227, 239–40, 274–75, 282–83, 303, 305
Macdonald, Hector, 178
Nakhitchevanski, Hussein Khan, 147
Nationalism: German, 16–18, 55–56, 60–61; Russian, 15, 22, 55–56, 71; Serbian, 56–57; Slavic, 36–37, 42, 51
Nesselrode, K. R., 14
Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, 13
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, 28, 38, 52, 77–78, 90
Nicolai, Walter, 62
Nicolson, Sir Arthur, 35, 40
Pašic, Nikola, 84, 87
Poincaré, Raymond, 53–54
Posadowsky, Col., 264–65
Postovsky, Gen., 216, 266
Pourtalès, Friedrich von, 38, 42
Prittwitz und Gaffron, Max von, 139–40, 143–44, 153, 154, 156, 158, 201, 329; and François, 161, 165–67; plans for Gumbinnen, 168–77; concern for advance of Russian 2nd Army, 191; proposes to retreat, 192–96; relief of, 196–99
Radio intelligence, 95, 169–70, 191, 196, 227–30, 277–78, 287, 300
Reinsurance Treaty, 23, 26
Riezler, Kurt, 69–70, 92, 100
Rennenkampf, Pavel, 133–34; at Stallupönen, 167–68; relations with Samsonov, 134, 206–07; pursuit after Gumbinnen, 207–08, 291, 300–02; and Masurian Lakes, 325–26, 328
Reusteck, Otto, 173
Ritter von Wenninger, Karl, 196–99, 325
Russia: Germanophobia in, 14–15; foreign policy of, 15–16; commercial relations with Germany, 18–19, 22, 27–28; internal crisis of, 79–81, 83–84; decision for war, 96–100
Saher zum Weissenstein, Burscher von, 219
Schlimm, Maj., 311–12, 313
Samarin, Yuri, 14
Samsonov, A. V., 134; alleged feud with Rennenkampf, 134, 206–07; advance into East Prussia, 213–18; extends areas of advance westward, 221, 231–34; tries to concentrate center corps, 243, 258–59, 266–67; leaves headquarters, 268–69; with XV Corps, 297–98; suicide of, 309
Sarajevo assassination, 84–85
Sazonov, Sergei, 46–47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 63, 72–73, 79, 81, 83, 90–91, 92, 96–99, 100
Schaffer von Bernstein, Lt.-Col., 278
Schiemann, Theodor, 17
Schlieffen, Alfred von: east versus west, 31–32; and eastern theater, 32–33, 59, 65; on war, 33–34; Schlieffen Plan, 34–35
Schmettau, Maj.-Gen., 281, 305
Schmidt von Schmidtseck, Col., 158, 205
Scholtz, Lt.-Gen., 221–23, 228, 232–33, 238–39, 255–57
Schwerin, Maj., 290
Second Moroccan Conference, 50
Seeckt, Hans von, 342, 349
Serbia: regional ambitions, 55, 56–57; in aftermath of Balkan Wars, 72; relations with Austria, 85–88
Seton-Watson, R. W., 75
Sirelius, Maj.-Gen., 310, 317
Smirnov, Lt.-Gen., 137
Sontag, Maj.-Gen., 256–58, 269–74, 303
Staabs, Maj.-Gen. von, 66, 256, 283–84, 299, 314
Stein, Hermann von, 196–98
Stephani, Walther von, 259–60
Stolypin, P. A., 37, 42, 48
Sukhomlinov, V. A., 53, 63, 80, 81, 83, 133
Tamms, Capt., 308
Tannenberg: named, 292–93, 307; military results, 323–24, 327–29; moral effect on Russia, 324–25; psychological impact, 328–32; postwar legacy, 347, 351; monument, 348, 354; and World War II, 353–54
Tappen, Adolf, 66, 325, 330
Three Emperors’ League (1873), 16; (1881), 20, 23, 224; possible revival of, 36
Tirpitz, Alfred von, 30, 333
Treutler, Georg von, 84
Trotha, Brig.-Gen., 314–15
Unger, Brig.-Gen. von, 192, 258, 282
Urwicz, Pincus, 101–02
Verdy du Vernois, Julius, 201
Waldersee, Alfred von, 24–26, 31
Waldersee, Georg von, 91, 94; 8th Army chief of staff, 140, 153, 156, 171, 193–94, 196–97, 199–200
“War in sight” crisis, 1914, 79–80
Wickham Steed, Henry, 75, 86
Wild von Hohenborn, Adolf, 336, 341
William II, Emperor of Germany, 2, 26, 55, 74, 177, 202–04, 294; eclipse of, 331–33, 339, 340