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10th Army (German Empire)

Field	Value
unit_name	10. Armee
10th Army
image	Stab eines Armeeoberkommandos.svg	image_size = 200px
caption	Flag of the Staff of an Armee Oberkommando (1871–1918)
dates	26 January 1915 – 6 January 1919
country	German Empire
type	Army
battles	World War I
identification_symbol	A.O.K. 10
identification_symbol_label	Abbreviation

10th Army

Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
Lake Naroch Offensive

The 10th Army () was an army level command of the German Army in World War I formed in January 1915 in Cologne. It served exclusively on the Eastern Front. It was dissolved on 6 January 1919.

History

During World War I the 10th Army was stationed on the Eastern Front where it fought against Russia. It also took part in the occupation of Poland and Belorussia at the end of 1918 when the war ended.

The Tenth Army published the newspaper "Zeitung der 10. Armee" ("Newspaper of the 10th Army").

Commanders

The 10th Army had the following commanders:

From	Commander	Previously	Subsequently
26 January 1915	Generaloberst Hermann von Eichhorn	VII Army Inspectorate
(VII. Armee-Inspektion)	Heeresgruppe Eichhorn
concurrently from 30 July 1916
18 December 1917	Generalfeldmarschall Hermann von Eichhorn
5 March 1918	General der Infanterie Erich von Falkenhayn	Heeresgruppe F	Retired

Glossary

Armee-Abteilung or Army Detachment in the sense of "something detached from an Army". It is not under the command of an Army so is in itself a small Army.
Armee-Gruppe or Army Group in the sense of a group within an Army and under its command, generally formed as a temporary measure for a specific task.
Heeresgruppe or Army Group in the sense of a number of armies under a single commander.

References

Bibliography

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References

{{harvnb. Cron. 2002
[http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/feldztg10armee1917?sid=0458b46aa7d04b2c12bd9215c5923eff scans of newspaper "Zeitung der 10. Armee"], [http://katalog.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/titel.cgi?katkey=66029541&sess=289588d30a58c45eeb3a288f2f13dfe8&query=si%3A121105547%20-%28fac_teil%3Aezblf%29&sort=0&format=html bibliographic information]
{{harvnb. Cron. 2002
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