Tannenberg interview: Capturing World War I on the Eastern Front

When World War I comes up in popular culture, the Eastern Front gets far less attention than the battlefields of the West. We hear about and read about the Somme, Verdun, or Passchendaele more than we do the Masurian Lakes or Tannenberg, the namesake for Blackmill Games’ second World War I multiplayer shooter.

And that’s a shame because the Eastern Front’s conflict can be just as fascinating as what happened in the West. Sometimes, it’s even more interesting, as armies were able to move around more freely than in the stalemate of the West. You have the historic encirclement of Russian forces at the Battle of Tannenberg, the siege of the Przemyśl, and the frequent German bailouts of Austro-Hungarian allies.