| Heeresgruppe
Hindenburg |
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|
HQ:
Lötzen (Gizycko, Pol) |
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| Generalfeldmarschall
Paul von Hindenburg |
5 Aug 1915 |
| * Chief of Staff
Generalleutnant Erich Ludendorff |
" |
|
* HQ transfers to Kovno (Kaunus,
Lithuania) |
20
Oct 1915 |
|
* renamed Army Group Eichhorn -
Vilna |
30
Jul 1916 |
| |
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| Heeresgruppe
Eichhorn -Vilna |
|
|
HQ:
Vilna
(Vilnius) |
|
| Generaloberst
Hermann von Eichhorn |
30
Jul 1916 |
| * Chief of Staff Oberst Walter FH
Schmidt von Schmidtseck
|
" |
| * Chief of Staff Generalmajor Traugott
Martin von Sauberzweig
|
17
Jul 1917 |
| * Chief of Staff Oberst Walter FH
Schmidt von Schmidtseck
|
17
Dec 1917 |
|
* Eichhorn promoted
Generalfeldmarschall
|
18
Dec 1917 |
| * Chief of Staff Oberst
Georg Frotscher
|
16
Feb 1918 |
|
* renamed Army Group Riga
|
31
Mar 1918 |
|
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| Heeresgruppe
Riga |
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|
HQ:
Riga (Latvia) |
|
| Gen.d.Inf.
Günther Graf von Kirchbach |
31
Mar 1918 |
| * Chief of Staff Oberst
Georg Frotscher
|
" |
|
* disbanded
|
30
Apr 1918 |
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| Heeresgruppe
Mackensen - Südpolen |
|
|
HQ:
Neu
Sandec, Galicia (Nowy Sacz, Poland) |
|
| Generaloberst
August von Mackensen |
27 Apr
1915 |
|
* Mackensen concurrently CO 11.AOK
until 8 Sep 1915
|
" |
| *
chief of staff Oberst Hans von Seeckt
|
" |
|
* HQ transfers to Jaslo
(Poland)
|
9 May 1915 |
|
* HQ transfers to Yaroslav
(Poland)
|
27 May 1915 |
|
* Mackensen promoted
Generalfeldmarschall
|
22 Jun 1915 |
|
* HQ transfers to Rava Russkaya
(Ukraine)
|
30 Jun 1915 |
|
* HQ transfers to Lublin
(Poland)
|
8 Aug 1915 |
|
* HQ transfers to Biala
(Poland)
|
28 Aug 1915 |
|
* renamed Army Group Linsingen
|
9
Sep 1915 |
| |
|
| Heeresgruppe
Linsingen |
|
|
HQ:
Jablon (Poland) |
|
| Gen.d.Inf.
Alexander von Linsingen |
9
Sep 1915 |
|
* Linsingen
concurrently Cdr Army of the Bug |
" |
| *
chief of staff Generalmajor Paulus
von Stolzmann
|
" |
|
* HQ transfers to Kovel
(Ukraine)
|
15
Jun 1916 |
| *
chief of staff Oberst Emil Hell
|
17
Jul 1916 |
|
* HQ transfers to Chelm
(Poland) |
25
Oct 1916 |
| *
chief of staff Oberstleutnant Victor Keller
|
7
Dec 1916 |
|
* HQ transfers to Kiev
|
21
Mar 1918 |
| *
chief of staff Generalleutnant
Wilhelm Groener
|
28
Mar 1918 |
|
* renamed Army Group Eichhorn -
Kiew
|
31
Mar 1918 |
| |
|
| Heeresgruppe
Eichhorn - Kiew |
|
|
* HQ:
Kiev (Ukraine)
|
|
| Generalfeldmarschall
Hermann von Eichhorn |
31
Mar 1918 |
| *
chief of staff Generalleutnant
Wilhelm Groener
|
" |
|
* renamed Army Group Kiev following
Eichhorn's murder
|
30
Jul 1918 |
| |
|
| Heeresgruppe
Kiew |
|
| Generaloberst
Günther Graf von Kirchbach |
30
Jul 1918 |
| *
chief of staff Generalleutnant
Wilhelm Groener
|
" |
| *
chief of staff Generalmajor Emil Hell
|
31
Oct 1918 |
| *
chief of staff Oberst Rethe
|
3
Dec 1918 |
|
* end of Kirchbach's command
|
7
Feb 1919 |
| |
|
| Heeresgruppe
Mackensen - Serbien/Mazedonien |
|
|
* HQ:
Semendria (Smederovo, Yugoslavia)
|
|
| Generalfeldmarschall
August von Mackensen |
18 Sep
1915 |
| *
chief of staff Generalmajor Hans von
Seeckt
|
" |
|
* HQ transfers to Kragujevac
(Yugoslavia)
|
13 Nov 1915 |
|
* HQ transfers to Nis
(Yugoslavia)
|
19 Dec 1915 |
|
* HQ transfers to Uesküb (Skopje,
Macedonia)
|
8 Feb 1916 |
| *
chief of staff Oberst Richard Hentsch
|
14 Jun 1916 |
|
* Bulgarian Supreme Army Command
assumes temporary control
|
30 Jul 1916 |
|
* renamed Army Group Below
|
10 Oct 1916 |
|
|
|
|
Heeresgruppe Below |
|
|
* HQ:
Uesküb (Skopje, Macedonia)
|
|
| Gen.d.Inf.
Otto von Below |
10 Oct 1916 |
| *
chief of staff Generalleutnant Alfred
von Böckmann
|
" |
|
* renamed Army Group Scholtz
|
22 Apr 1917 |
|
|
|
|
Heeresegruppe Scholtz |
|
|
* HQ - Uesküb (Skopje,
Macedonia)
|
|
| Gen.d.Art.
Friedrich von Scholtz |
22 Apr 1917 |
| *
chief of staff Generalleutnant Alfred
von Böckmann
|
" |
| *
chief of staff Oberstleutnant Detlef
Graf von Schwerin
|
15 Jul 1917 |
|
* retreats to Jagodina and disbands
|
5 Oct 1918 |
|
|
|
|
Heeresgruppe Mackensen
- Rumänien |
|
|
* HQ:
Bucharest (Romania) |
|
| Generalfeldmarschall
August von Mackensen |
28 Aug 1916 |
| *
chief of staff Generalmajor Gerhard
Tappen
|
" |
| *
chief of staff Oberst Emil Hell
|
7 Dec 1916 |
|
* HQ transfers to Hermannstadt (Sibiu,
Romania)
|
11 Jan 1918 |
|
* chief of staff Oberst Friedrich
Wilhelm von Schwartzkoppen
|
23 Apr 1918 |
|
* renamed Army of Occupation in Romania
|
1 Jul 1918 |
|
* disbanded
|
10 Nov 1918 |
|
|
|
|
Heeresegruppe Prinz
Leopold von Bayern |
|
|
HQ:
Warsaw (Poland) |
|
| Generalfeldmarschall
Prinz Leopold von Bayern |
5 Aug 1915 |
|
* Leopold concurrently CO 9.AOK through
30 Jul 1916
|
" |
| *
chief of staff Generalmajor Paul
Grünert
|
" |
|
*
HQ transfers to Siedlce (Poland)
|
15 Aug 1915 |
|
*
HQ transfers to Siemiatycze (Poland)
|
23 Aug 1915 |
|
*
HQ transfers to Bialowieska (Poland)
|
7 Sep 1915 |
|
*
HQ transfers to Slonim (Belarus)
|
22 Sep 1915 |
| *
chief of staff Oberst
Gustav FH v.d. Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff
|
24 Nov 1915 |
|
*
renamed Heeresgruppe Woyrsch
|
31 Aug 1916 |
|
|
|
|
Heeresgruppe Woyrsch |
|
|
HQ:
Slonim
(Belarus)
|
|
| Generaloberst
Remus von Woyrsch |
31 Aug 1916 |
|
* Woyrsch
concurrently Cdr AAbt-Woyrsch through 15 Dec 1917
|
" |
| *
chief of staff Oberst Wilhelm Heye
|
" |
| *
chief of staff Oberst Walter FH
Schmidt von Schmidtseck
|
9 Sep 1917 |
|
* disbanded
|
15 Dec 1917 |
|
|
|
|
Heeresgruppe Yildirim |
|
|
HQ:
Aleppo (Syria) |
|
| Gen.d.Art.
Erich von Falkenhayn |
11 Sep
1917 |
| *
chief of staff Oberst Wilhelm von
Dommes
|
" |
|
*
HQ transfers to Jerusalem |
5 Nov 1917 |
|
*
HQ transfers to Nazareth |
14 Dec 1917 |
| Gen.d.Kav.
Otto Liman von Sanders |
25
Feb 1918 |
| *
chief of staff Turkish Colonel Kiazim
Bey
|
" |
|
*
HQ transfers to Damascus |
22
Sep 1918 |
|
*
HQ transfers to Baalbek |
27
Sep1918 |
|
*
HQ transfers to Aleppo |
6
Oct 1918 |
|
*
HQ transfers to Adana |
23
Oct 1918 |
|
* supreme command transfers to Mustapha
Kemal Pasha
|
30
Oct 1918 |
|
|
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