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9. Armee
HQ: Breslau
Generaloberst Paul von Hindenburg	17.09.1914
* chief of staff GM Erich Ludendorff	17.09.1914
Gen.d.Kav August von Mackensen	01.11.1914
* chief of staff GM Paul Grünert	03.11.1914
* Mackensen promoted Generaloberst	17.12.1914
* HQ transfers to Lodz (Poland)	02.01.1915
Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Leopold von Bayern	16.04.1915
* HQ transfers to Slonim (Belarus)	22.09.1915
* chief of staff Ob FH Gustav v.d. Wenge, Graf von Lambsdorff	24.11.1915
* disbanded (9.AOK remains w/ Army Gp Leopold through Aug 1916)	30.07.1916


* reformed for operations in Romania	06.09.1916
Gen.d.Inf. Erich von Falkenhayn	06.09.1916
* chief of staff Ob Hans Hesse	06.09.1916
* HQ at Ramnicu Sarat (Romania)	11.01.1917
* chief of staff Ob Wachs	09.04.1917
Gen.d.Inf. Robert Kosch (acting commander)	01.05.1917
Gen.d.Inf. Johannes von Eben	05.06.1917
*** AOK.9 transferred to Western Front; HQ at Crepy**	19.06.1917
* chief of staff Obslt Walter Bronsart von Schellendorf	20.06.1917
Gen.d.Inf. Fritz von Below	18.06.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Friedrich FH von Esebeck	18.06.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Otto Hasse	04.08.1918
Gen.d.Inf. Adolph von Carlowitz	06.08.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Wilhelm Faupel	23.08.1918
*** HQ transfers to Marle**	27.08.1918
* reformed as Army Gp Cmd Gallwitz (Verdun)	22.09.1918

10. Armee
HQ: Cologne
Generaloberst Hermann von Eichhorn	26.01.1915
* chief of staff Ob Emil Hell	26.01.1915
* HQ transfers to Marggrabowa (Olecko, Poland)	06.03.1915
* HQ transfers to Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania)	29.09.1915
* chief of staff Ob Walter FH Schmidt von Schmidtseck	17.07.1916
* chief of staff GM Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig	09.09.1917
* chief of staff GM Walter FH Schmidt von Schmidtseck	17.12.1917
* Eichhorn promoted Generalfeldmarschall	18.12.1917
* chief of staff Ob Georg Frotscher	16.02.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Max Stapff	04.03.1918
Gen.d.Inf. Erich von Falkenhayn	04.03.1918
* HQ transferred to Minsk (Belarus)	12.06.1918
* end of Falkenhayn's command	25.02.1919

11. Armee
HQ: Kassel
Gen.d.Inf. Max von Fabeck	09.03.1915
* chief of staff Oberst Hans von Seeckt	09.03.1915
* HQ transfers to Maubeuge (France)	16.03.1915
Generaloberst August von Mackensen	16.04.1915
* HQ transfers to Neu Sandec, Galicia (Nowy Sacz, Poland)	22.04.1915
* Mackensen concurrent Cdr of Heeresgruppe Kiew	27.04.1915
* 11.AOK dissolves	08.09.1915

new 11. Armee
* 11. AOK reforms for operations in Serbia	23.09.1915
Gen.d.Art. Max von Gallwitz	23.09.1915
* chief of staff Oberst Gottfried Marquard	23.09.1915
* HQ transfers to Prilep (Macedonia)	05.01.1916
* chief of staff Obslt Völckers	24.03.1916
Gen.d.Inf. Arnold von Winckler	10.08.1916
* chief of staff Obslt Walter Reinhardt	22.11.1916
* chief of staff Obslt Kirch	10.02.1917
Gen.d.Inf. Kuno von Steuben	05.06.1917
* chief of staff Obslt Laemmerhirt	17.06.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Kirch	30.09.1918
* end of Steuben's command	04.12.1918

12. Armee (Armeegruppe Gallwitz)
* Army Group Gallwitz formed from Armeegruppe Graudenz	09.02.1915
Gen.d.Art. Max von Gallwitz	09.02.1915
* chief of staff Obslt Konrad von Redern	09.02.1915
* chief of staff Ob Gottfried Marquard	18.03.1915
* redesignated 12.AOK, HQ: Grodno (Belarus)	07.09.1915
Gen.d.Inf. Max von Fabeck	22.09.1915
* chief of staff GL Hermann von Kuhl	22.09.1915
* HQ transfers to Lida (Belarus)	29.09.1915
* chief of staff GM Walter von Bergmann	24.11.1915
* disbanded, command staff assumes command of 8.AOK	09.10.1916

14. Armee
*HQ: Krainburg* (Austria)**
Gen.d.Inf. Otto von Below	09.09.1917
* chief of staff GL Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen	09.09.1917
* HQ transfers to Vittorio (Italy)	00.00.0000
* disbanded and redesignated 17.AOK	22.01.1918

17. Armee
HQ: St. Amend
Gen.d.Inf. Otto von Below	01.02.1918
* chief of staff GL Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen	01.02.1918
*** HQ transfers to Douai**	06.04.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Richard von Pawelsz	18.04.1918
*** HQ transfers to Denain**	01.05.1918
Gen.d.Inf. Bruno von Mudra	12.10.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Robert von Klüber	12.10.1918
*** HQ transfers to Mons**	18.10.1918
* end of Mudra's command	01.12.1918

18. Armee
HQ: Leschelle
Gen.d.Inf. Oskar von Hutier	22.12.1917
* chief of staff GM Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig	22.12.1917
*** HQ transfers to Auroir**	09.05.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Kirch	22.06.1918
* chief of staff Obslt Robert Bürkner	07.08.1918
* end of Hutier's command	14.01.1919

19. Armee
HQ: St. Avold
Gen.d.Inf. Felix Graf von Bothmer	04.02.1918
* chief of staff Oberst Hans Ritter von Hemmer	04.02.1918
* Bothmer promoted Generaloberst	09.03.1918
Gen.d.Inf. Karl Ritter von Fasbender	08.11.1918
* end of Fasbender's command	11.11.1918

Bug-Armee
* formed from AOK South, HQ: Lemberg (Lvov, Ukraine)
Gen.d.Inf. Alexander von Linsingen	06.07.1915
* chief of staff GM Paulus von Stolzmann	06.07.1915
* chief of staff Ob Emil Hell	17.07.1916
* chief of staff Obslt Victor Keller	07.12.1916
* disbanded	31.03.1918

Süd-Armee
*HQ: Munkacz* (Mukachevo, Ukraine)**
Gen.d.Inf. Alexander von Linsingen	11.01.1915
* chief of staff GM Paulus von Stolzmann	11.01.1915
* HQ transfers to Stryj (Ukraine)	05.06.1915
* AOK South transfers to Lemberg and becomes AOK Bug	06.07.1915
* AOK South immediately reformed from II. Bavarian Army Corps	06.07.1915
Generaloberst Felix Graf von Bothmer	06.07.1915
* chief of staff Ob Hans Ritter von Hemmer	06.07.1915
* HQ established at Brzezany (Ukraine)	04.09.1915
* HQ transfers to Chodorov (Ukraine)	15.01.1916
* HQ transfers to Czortkov (Ukraine)	04.08.1917
* disbanded	03.03.1918



	Armee-Oberkommandos 9 - 19



	German Army High Commands 9 - 19
	1914 - 1918
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