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Armeeoberkommandos 1 - 8
1914-1918

*  German Field Army Commanders




1. Armee  

HQ:  Stettin

 
Generaloberst  Alexander von Kluck

2 Aug 1914

* chief of staff Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl "

* HQ transfers to Folembray

30 Sep 1914
Gen.d.Inf.  Max von Fabeck 28 Mar 1915

* disbanded and transferred East to reform as 12.AOK

17 Sep 1915
   
1. Armee  (neu)  

* HQ:  Bourlon; from northern half of 2.AOK (Somme)

19 Jul 1916
Gen.d.Inf.  Fritz von Below "
* chief of staff Oberst Fritz von Loßberg "
* chief of staff Major Robert von Klüber 11 Apr 1917

* HQ transfers to Rethel

12 Apr 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Bruno von Mudra 18 Jun 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Faupel 22 Jun 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Otto Hasse 23 Aug 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Otto von Below 12 Oct 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Magnus von Eberhardt 8 Nov 1918

* end of Eberhardt's command

2 Dec 1918
   
2. Armee  

HQ:  Hannover

 
Generaloberst  Karl von Bülow

2 Aug 1914

* chief of staff Generalleutnant Otto von Lauenstein "
* chief of staff Generalmajor Hans von Zieten 23 Dec 1914

* HQ transfers to St. Quentin

10 Jan 1915

* Bülow promoted Generalfeldmarschall

27 Jan 1915
Gen.d.Inf.  Fritz von Below 4 Apr 1915
* chief of staff Generalleutnant Ernst von Hoeppner 30 Jun 1915
* chief of staff Paul Grünert 13 Apr 1916
* chief of staff Oberst Fritz von Loßberg 2 Jul 1916
Gen.d.Art.  Max von Gallwitz 19 Jul 1916
* chief of staff Oberst Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorf "
* chief of staff Oberst Wilhelm Wild 25 Oct 1916
Gen.d.Kav.  Georg von der Marwitz 17 Dec 1916

* HQ transfers to Le Cateau

21 Mar 1917
* chief of staff Oberstleuntant Richard von Pawelsz 17 Apr 1917
* chief of staff Major Max Stapff 27 Aug 1917
* chief of staff Oberst Erich von Tschischwitz 27 Feb 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Willi von Klewitz  10 Aug 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Adolph von Carlowitz 22 Sep 1918
* chief of staff Major Friedrich von Miaskowski "

* end of Carlowitz' command

13 Nov 1918
   
3. Armee  

HQ:  Dresden

 
Generaloberst  Max von Hausen

2 Aug 1914

* chief of staff Generalmajor Ernst von Hoeppner  "
Gen.d.Kav.  Karl von Einem gen. Rothmaler 12 Sep 1914

* HQ transfers Bethinville

12  Sep 1914

* HQ transfers to Bouziers

3 Jan 1915

* Einem promoted Generaloberst

27 Jan 1915
* chief of staff Generalleutnant Maxmilian Ritter von Höhn  14 Feb 1915
* chief of staff Oberst Fritz von Loßberg 26 Sep 1915
* chief of staff Oberst Martin von Oldershausen 2 Jul 1916

* HQ transfers to Maison Rouge

16 Jan 1917
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Willi von Klewitz 1 Feb 1918
* chief of staff Major Friedrich von Miaskowski 10 Aug 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Willi von Klewitz 21 Sep 1918

* end of Einem's command

18 Jan 1919
   
4. Armee  

HQ:  Berlin

 
Generaloberst  Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg

2 Aug 1914

* chief of staff Generalleutnant Walther FH von Lüttwitz "
* chief of staff Generalmajor Emil Ilse 26 Sep 1914

* HQ transfers to Thielt (also temp in Courtrai and Roubaix)

20 Jan 1915

* Albrecht promoted Generalfeldmarschall

1 Aug 1916
Gen.d.Inf.  Friedrich Sixt von Armin 1 Mar 1917
* chief of staff Major Max Stapff 25 May 1917
* chief of staff Oberst Fritz von Loßberg 12 Jun 1917
* chief of staff Major Wilhelm Humser 6 Aug 1918

* end of Sixt von Armin's command

22 Nov 1918
   
5. Armee  

HQ:  Koblenz

 
Generalmajor  Kronprinz Wilhelm von Preußen

2 Aug 1914

* chief of staff Generalleutnant Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf "

* HQ transfers to Stenay

13 Sep 1914

* Wilhelm promoted Generalleutnant

27 Jan 1915

* HQ transfers to Montmedy

4 Jan 1916
* chief of staff Generalleutnant Walther FH von Lüttwitz 21 Aug 1916
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Otto FH von Ledebur 30 Nov 1916
Gen.d.Inf.  Ewald von Lochow 1 Dec 1916
Gen.d.Art.  Max von Gallwitz 17 Dec 1916
* chief of staff Oberst Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorf 20 Dec 1916
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Richard von Pawelsz 27 Aug 1917
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Victor Keller 18 Apr 1918
Gen.d.Kav.  Georg von der Marwitz 22 Sep 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Georg Wetzell 25 Sep 1918

* end of Marwitz' command

13 Dec 1918
   
6. Armee  

HQ:  Munich

 
Generaloberst  Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern

2 Aug 1914

* chief of staff Generalmajor Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen "

* HQ transfers to Lille

8 Jan 1915
* chief of staff Oberst Gustav FH v.d. Wenge, Graf v. Lambsdorff 19 May 1915
* chief of staff Generalleutnant Hermann von Kuhl 24 Nov 1915

* HQ transfers to Douai

29 Feb 1916

* Rupprecht promoted Generalfeldmarschall

1 Aug 1916
Generaloberst  Ludwig FH von Falkenhausen 28 Aug 1916
* chief of staff Oberst Friedrich von der Schulenburg 28 Aug 1916
* chief of staff Generalmajor Karl FH von Nagel zu Aichberg 25 Nov 1916

* HQ transfers to Tournai

15 Mar 1917
* chief of staff Oberst Fritz von Loßberg 11 Apr 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Otto von Below 22 Apr 1917
* chief of staff Major Max Stapff 12 Jun 1917
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Hermann Ritter von Lenz 27 Aug 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Ferdinand von Quast 9 Sep 1917

* HQ transfers back to Lille

15 Apr 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Adolf Herrgott 8 Aug 1918

* end of Quast's command

1 Jan 1919
   
7. Armee  

HQ:  Karlsruhe

 
Generaloberst  Josias von Heeringen

2 Aug 1914

* chief of staff Generalleutnant Karl Heinrich von Hänisch "

* HQ transfers to Laon

13 Sep 1914
* chief of staff Oberst Gerhard Tappen 11 Mar 1915
* chief of staff Oberst Rudolf von Borries 28 Mar 1915
Gen.d.Art.  Richard von Schubert 28 Aug 1916

* Schubert promoted Generaloberst

27 Jan 1917
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Walter Reinhardt 15 Feb 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Max von Boehn 11 Mar 1917

* HQ transfers to Marle

14 Mar 1917

* Boehn promoted Generaloberst

22 Mar 1918

* HQ transfers back to Laon 

2 June 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Magnus von Eberhardt 6 Aug 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Max von Boehn 31 Oct 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Richard von Pawelsz 3 Nov 1918

* end of Boehn's command

1 Jan 1919
   
8. Armee  

HQ:  Posen

 
Generaloberst  Max von Prittwitz und Gaffron

2 Aug 1914

* chief of staff Generalmajor Georg Graf von Waldersee "
Generaloberst Paul von Hindenburg 23 Aug 1914
* chief of staff Generalmajor Erich Ludendorff  "
Gen.d.Art.  Richard von Schubert 18 Sep 1914
* chief of staff Generalmajor Paul Grünert "
Gen.d.Inf.  Hermann von Francois 8 Oct 1914
* chief of staff Generalmajor Adolf Wild von Hohenborn 3 Nov 1914
Gen.d.Inf.  Otto von Below 7 Nov 1914
* chief of staff Generalmajor Alfred von Böckmann 10 Nov 1914

* HQ transfers to Lyck

18 Feb 1915
Gen.d.Art.  Friedrich von Scholtz 26 May 1915
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Detlef Graf von Schwerin "

* Scholtz heads provisional 8.AOK as CO of XX.AK

"
* 8.AOK joins with troops in Courland to become Army of the Niemen "

* disbanded 

28 Sep 1915
   
8. Armee  (neu)  
Gen.d.Inf.  Otto von Below 26 May 1915
* chief of staff Generalmajor Alfred von Böckmann "

* renamed New Eighth Army

30 Dec 1915

* HQ transfers to Schaulen (Shaulyai, Lithuania)

4 Jan 1916

* HQ transfers to Mitau (Yelgava, Latvia)

1 Apr 1916
Gen.d.Inf.  Max von Fabeck 3 Oct 1916

* Fabeck and cmd staff transferred from 12.AOK 

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Gen.d.Inf.  Bruno von Mudra 22 Oct 1916
* chief of staff Generalmajor Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig 16 Nov 1916
Gen.d.Art.  Friedrich von Scholtz 2 Jan 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Oskar von Hutier 22 Apr 1917
* chief of staff Oberst Georg Frotscher 15 Sep 1917

* HQ transfers to Riga

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Gen.d.Inf.  Günther Graf von Kirchbach 12 Dec 1917

* Kirchbach promoted Generaloberst

27 Jan 1918
* chief of staff Major Rudolf Frantz 16 Feb 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Hugo von Kathen 31 Jul 1918

* disbanded

22 Sep 1918
   

 

 

* Thanks to Hubertus Ochsler for making this information available.

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