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4th Army (German Empire)

August 17, 2023

The 4th Army (German: 4. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 4 / A.O.K. 4) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the VI Army Inspection.[1] The army was disbanded in 1919 during demobilization after the war.[2]

4. Armee
4th Army
Flag of the Staff of an Armee Oberkommando (1871–1918)
Active2 August 1914 – 28 January 1919
Country German Empire
TypeArmy
EngagementsWorld War I
Insignia
AbbreviationA.O.K. 4

History

At the outset of war, the 4th Army, with the 5th Army, formed the center of the German armies on the Western Front, moving through Luxembourg and Belgium in support of the great wheel of the right wing that was to pin down and defeat the French armies. The 4th Army defeated Belgian forces on the frontier, drove the French out of the Ardennes and then encountered the British Expeditionary Force in the "Race to the Sea" at the First Battle of Ypres. The 4th Army faced the British in Flanders for the rest of the war, notably defending in the Battle of Passchendaele (1917), attacking in the 1918 German spring offensive and finally being pushed back in the Hundred Days Offensive from August 1918.

At the end of the war it was serving as part of Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht.[3]

Order of Battle, 30 October 1918

By the end of the war, the 4th Army was organised as:

Commanders

The 4th Army had the following commanders during its existence.[5]

4th Army
From Commander Previously Subsequently,
2 August 1914 Generaloberst Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg VI Army Inspectorate (VI. Armee-Inspektion) Heeresgruppe Albrecht
1 August 1916 Generalfeldmarschall Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
25 February 1917 General der Infanterie Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin IV Corps Resigned

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.[6]
  • 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cron 2002, p. 393
  2. ^ Cron 2002, pp. 79–80
  3. ^ Ellis & Cox 1993, p. 187
  4. ^ Ellis & Cox 1993, p. 186
  5. ^ Cron 2002, p. 394
  6. ^ Cron 2002, p. 84

Bibliography

  • Cron, Hermann (2002) [1937]. Imperial German Army 1914–18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle. Helion. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.
  • Ellis, John; Cox, Michael (1993). The World War I Databook. Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-766-6.

August 17, 2023
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