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Armeeoberkommandos 9 - 19
1914-1918

*  German Field Army Commanders



9. Armee

HQ:  Breslau

 
Generaloberst  Paul von Hindenburg

17 Sep 1914

* chief of staff Generalmajor Erich Ludendorff  "
Gen.d.Kav August von Mackensen 1 Nov 1914
* chief of staff Generalmajor Paul Grünert 3 Nov 1914

* Mackensen promoted Generaloberst

17 Dec 1914

* HQ transfers to Lodz  (Poland)

2 Jan 1915
Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Leopold von Bayern 16 Apr 1915

* HQ transfers to Slonim (Belarus)

22 Sep 1915
* chief of staff Oberst FH Gustav v.d. Wenge, Graf von Lambsdorff 24 Nov 1915

* disbanded (9.AOK remains with Army Gp Leopold through Au 1916)

30 Jul 1916
 

* reformed for operations in Romania

6 Sep 1916
Gen.d.Inf.  Erich von Falkenhayn "
* chief of staff Oberst Hans Hesse "

* HQ at Ramnicu Sarat (Romania)

11 Jan 1917
* chief of staff Oberst Wachs 9 Apr 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Robert Kosch  (acting commander) 1 May 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Johannes von Eben 5 Jun 1917

* AOK.9 transferred to Western Front; HQ at Crepy

19 Jun 1917
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Walter Bronsart von Schellendorf 20 Jun 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Fritz von Below 18 Jun 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Friedrich FH von Esebeck "
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Otto Hasse 4 Aug 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Adolph von Carlowitz 6 Aug 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Faupel 23 Aug 1918

* HQ transfers to Marle

27 Aug 1918

* reformed as Army Gp Cmd Gallwitz (Verdun)

22 Sep 1918
   
10. Armee  

HQ:  Cologne

 
Generaloberst  Hermann von Eichhorn

26 Jan 1915

* chief of staff Oberst Emil Hell "

* HQ transfers to Marggrabowa  (Olecko, Poland)

6 Mar 1915

* HQ transfers to Vilna  (Vilnius, Lithuania)

29 Sep 1915
* chief of staff Oberst Walter FH Schmidt von Schmidtseck 17 Jul 1916
* chief of staff Generalmajor Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig 9 Sep 1917
* chief of staff Generalmajor Walter FH Schmidt von Schmidtseck 17 Dec 1917

* Eichhorn promoted Generalfeldmarschall

18 Dec 1917
* chief of staff Oberst Georg Frotscher 16 Feb 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Max Stapff 4 Mar 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Erich von Falkenhayn 4 Mar 1918

* HQ transferred to Minsk  (Belarus)

12 June 1918

* end of Falkenhayn's command

25 Feb 1919
   
11. Armee  

HQ:  Kassel

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Max von Fabeck

9 Mar 1915

* chief of staff Oberst Hans von Seeckt "

* HQ transfers to Maubeuge (France)

16 Mar 1915
Generaloberst August von Mackensen 16 Apr 1915

* HQ transfers to Neu Sandec, Galicia (Nowy Sacz, Poland)

22 Apr 1915

* Mackensen promoted Generalfeldmarschall

22 Jun 1915

* 11.AOK split between Army Group Mackensen and new 11.AOK

18 Sep 1915
   
new 11. Armee  

* reforms for operations in Serbia

30 Sep 1915
Gen.d.Art.  Max von Gallwitz "
* chief of staff Oberst Gottfried Marquard "

* HQ transfers to Prilep (Macedonia)

5 Jan 1916
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Völckers 24 Mar 1916
Gen.d.Inf.  Arnold von Winckler 10 Aug 1916
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Walter Reinhardt 22 Nov 1916
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Kirch 10 Feb 1917
Gen.d.Inf.  Kuno von Steuben 5 Jun 1917
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Laemmerhirt 17 Jun 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Kirch 30 Sep 1918

* end of Steuben's command

4 Dec 1918
   
12. Armee  (Armeegruppe Gallwitz)  

* Army Group Gallwitz formed from Armeegruppe Graudenz 

9 Feb 1915
Gen.d.Art.  Max von Gallwitz "
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Konrad von Redern "
* chief of staff Oberst Gottfried Marquard 18 Mar 1915

* redesignated 12.AOK, HQ: Grodno (Belarus)

7 Aug 1915

Gen.d.Inf.  Max von Fabeck 22 Sep 1915
* chief of staff Generalleutnant Hermann von Kuhl  "

* HQ transfers to Lida (Belarus)

29 Sep 1915
* chief of staff Generalmajor Walter von Bergmann  24 Nov 1915

* disbanded, command staff assumes command of 8.AOK

3 Oct 1916
   
14. Armee  

HQ:  Krainburg, AU

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Otto von Below

9 Sep 1917

* chief of staff Generalleutnant Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen  "

* HQ transfers to Vittorio (Italy)

???

* disbanded and redesignated 17.AOK

22 Jan 1918
   
17. Armee  

HQ:  St. Amend

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Otto von Below

1 Feb 1918

* chief of staff Generalleutnant Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen  "

* HQ transfers to Douai

6 Apr 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Richard von Pawelsz 18 Apr 1918

* HQ transfers to Denain

1 May 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Bruno von Mudra 12 Oct 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Robert von Klüber "

* HQ transfers to Mons

18 Oct 1918

* end of Mudra's command

1 Dec 1918
   
18. Armee  

HQ:  Leschelle

 
Gen.d.Inf. Oskar von Hutier

22 Dec 1917

* chief of staff Generalmajor Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig "

* HQ transfers to Auroir

9 May 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Kirch 22 Jun 1918
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Robert Bürkner 7 Aug 1918

* end of Hutier's command

14 Jan 1919
   
19. Armee  

HQ:  St. Avold

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Felix Graf von Bothmer

4 Feb 1918

* chief of staff Oberst Hans Ritter von Hemmer "

* Bothmer promoted Generaloberst

9 Mar 1918
Gen.d.Inf.  Karl Ritter von Fasbender 8 Nov 1918
* end of Fasbender's command 11 Nov 1918
   



Bug-Armee

 

* formed from AOK South, HQ:  Lemberg (Lvov, Ukraine)

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Alexander von Linsingen

6 Jul 1915

* chief of staff Generalmajor Paulus von Stolzmann "
* chief of staff Oberst Emil Hell 17 Jul 1916
* chief of staff Oberstleutnant Victor Keller 7 Dec 1916

* disbanded

31 Mar 1918
   
Süd-Armee  

HQ:  Munkacz (Mukachevo, Ukraine)

 
Gen.d.Inf.  Alexander von Linsingen

11 Jan 1915

* chief of staff Generalmajor Paulus von Stolzmann  "

* HQ transfers to Stryj (Ukraine)

5 Jun 1915

* AOK South transfers to Lemberg and becomes AOK Bug

6 Jul 1915

* AOK South immediately reformed from II. Bavarian Army Corps 

6 Jul 1915
Generaloberst Felix Graf von Bothmer 6 Jul 1915
* chief of staff Oberst Hans Ritter von Hemmer "

* HQ established at Brzezany  (Ukraine)

4 Sep 1915

* HQ transfers to Chodorov  (Ukraine)

15 Jan 1916

* HQ transfers to Czortkov  (Ukraine)

4 Aug 1917

* disbanded

3 Mar 1918
   


* Thanks to Hubertus Ochsler for making this information available.



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