Originally posted by steelehc
Lenin: Rennenkampf may have been rated generously, but his performace in other battles was notable. He captured Tsitsihar and Kirin in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and he was marginally victorious at Mukden(sp?) in the Russo-Japanese war in 1905.
Samsonov was undistuinguished in any other battles of note however, because of his suicide.
On the other hand, he did nothing to help Samsonov at Tannenberg. So I will change the ratings of these two officers.
Samsonov--5
Rennenkampf--5
Is that better? I think R. was a better leader, but given their performance, it seems they were roughly equivalent, such as can be said for military commanders.
Steele
PS: NIce info on Tannenberg.
Thank you Steel, much better.