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Armee-Abteilungen
1914-1918

* Army Detachment Commanders


Armeeabteilung "A"  (Falkenhausen)  

HQ:  Alsace-Lorraine

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Ludwig FH von Falkenhausen

15 Sep 1914

* chief of staff Oberst Weidner "

* Falkenhausen promoted Generaloberst

24 Dec 1914

* renamed Army Detachment A

15 Apr 1916
Gen.d.Inf.  Karl Ludwig d'Elsa 15 Apr 1916
* chief of staff Oberst von Eulitz 14 Nov 1916
* chief of staff Major Robert von Klüber 4 Jan 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Bruno von Mudra 2 Jan 1917
* chief of staff Major Friedrich FH von Esebeck 12 Apr 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Johannes von Eben 18 Jun 1918

* Eben concurrently CO 9.AOK through 5 Aug 1918

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* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Walter Bronsart von Schellendorf 17 Jun 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Robert von Klüber 22 Jun 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Richard von Pawelsz 12 Oct 1918
* chief of staff Generalmajor Martin FH von Oldershausen 9 Nov 1918

* disbanded

? Dec 1918
   
Armeeabteilung "B"  (Gaede)  

HQ:  Upper Alsace

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Hans Gaede

19 Sep 1914

* initially named Army Group Gaede

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* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Wilhelm von Wolff "

* renamed Army Detachment Gaede

25 Nov 1914
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorf 6 Jan 1915
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Hans Hesse 6 May 1915
Gen.d.Inf.  Erich von Gündell 3 Sep 1916

* renamed Army Detachment B

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* chief of staff Oberst Theodor Renner 8 Sep 1916
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Hermann Drechsel 23 Apr 1917

* disbanded

23 Dec 1918
   
Armeeabteilung "C"  (Strantz)  

HQ:  ??

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Hermann von Strantz

10 Sep 1914

* Strantz concurrently CO V.AK to 2 Feb 1917

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* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Erwin Fischer "

* HQ transfers to Jarny

15 Jun 1915
* chief of staff Oberst Wilhelm Wild 7 Dec 1915
* chief of staff Oberst Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorf 27 Oct 1916
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Otto FH von Lebedur 20 Dec 1916
Gen.d.Inf.  Max von Boehn 2 Feb 1917

* renamed Army Detachment C

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Generalleutnant  Georg Fuchs 11 Mar 1917
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Faupel 22 Sep 1918
* chief of staff Oberst Otto FH von Lebedur 9 Nov 1918

* disbanded

? Dec 1918
   
Armeeabteilung "D"  (Scholtz)  

* HQ:  Uzjany, Lithuania

 
Gen.d.Art.  Friedrich von Scholtz

28 Oct 1915

* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Detlef Graf von Schwerin "
Gen.d.Inf.  Oskar von Hutier 2 Jan 1917

* renamed Army Detachment D

10 Jan 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Günther Graf von Kirchbach 22 Apr 1917
* chief of staff Oberst von Kessel 8 Jun 1917
Gen.d.Art.  Hans von Kirchbach 12 Dec 1917

* Kirchbach promoted Generaloberst

23 Jan 1918

* HQ transfers to Dünaburg  (Daugavpils, Lat)

28 Feb 1918
* chief of staff Oberst Leopold von Kleist 25 Mar 1918

* AAbt D becomes part of Army Group Kiev

2 Oct 1918
   
Armeeabteilung Gronau  

HQ:  ??

 
Gen.d.Art.  Hans von Gronau

5 Aug 1916

* disbanded

31 Dec 1917
   
Armeeabteilung Mackensen  
Generaloberst  August von Mackensen

8 Oct 1914

* disbanded 2 Nov 1914
   
Armeeabteilung Scheffer  
Gen.d.Inf.  Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel

4 Oct 1916

* disbanded 9 Sep 1917
   
Armeeabteilung Woyrsch  

HQ:  ??

 
Generaloberst  Remus von Woyrsch

3 Nov 1914

* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Heye "

* Woyrsch concurrently CO Army Grp Woyrsch through 31 Dec 1916

29 Aug 1916

* disbanded

31 Dec 1917
   


* Thanks to Hubertus Ochsler for making this information available.


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