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The burning railway station of Usdau in East Prussia, photo 1914

The military operations in the course of the battle of Tannenberg in August 1914 concentrated particularly on the transport infrastructure. From Der Weltkrieg in seiner rauhen Wirklichkeit, Munich 1926, p. 373

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    Characteristics in Warfare at the Russian Front

    The war in the Eastern Europe was time and again characterised by considerable territorial gains. This, despite the fact that large-scale military operations were impeded not only by the geography, climate and vastness of the country, but also by the rudimentary motorisation, poor road network and problems with replenishment, supplies and communication.