| 1.
Armee |
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|
HQ:
Stettin |
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| 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 |
| |
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|
1. Armee (neu) |
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*
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 |
" |
| 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
|
" |
| 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 |
|
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