11th Army (German Empire)

July 2014 August 2024 11. Armee11th Army Stab eines Armeeoberkommandos.svg 200 Flag of the Staff of an Armee Oberkommando (1871–1918) 9 March 1915 – 8 September 191523 September 1915 – 7 January 1919 German Empire Army World War I Eastern Front Balkans Serbian Campaign Salonika front A.O.K. 11 Abbreviation The 11th Army (de 11. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 11 / A.O.K. 11) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed in March 1915 in Kassel originally to serve on the Western Front but was transported to Galicia for service on the Eastern Front. The army was dissolved on 8 September 1915,Headquarters used to form Heeresgruppe Mackensen. but reformed on 23 September 1915 for the Serbian Campaign. It was finally dissolved on 7 January 1919.Cron 2002 81 History The 11th Army was formed in early 1915. It briefly fought on the Western Front during the Battle of Ypres, holding the line against the Allied attack. On 22 April, it was transferred and placed with the Austrian 4th Army under Mackensen's command, behind the Gorlice–Tarnow gap, south of the Vistula River. In July 1915, the 11th Army advanced into Russian territory in a general German offensive. The 11th Army was dissolved on 8 September 1915. On 23 September 1915 a new 11th Army was created for the Serbian Campaign under command of Max von Gallwitz. It was composed of the III Corps, the IV Reserve Corps and the X Reserve Corps. After the retreat of Serbian army, the 11th Army remained on the Salonika front in support of the Bulgarian Army. During its time on the front the army gradually became more and more composed of Bulgarian divisions. By the time of the Vardar Offensive in September 1918, The 11th German Army consisted almost fully of Bulgarian soldiers commanded by German officers.Korsun 1939 95 The headquarters of the Army was situated in Veles on 31 January 1916, moved to Prilep on 5 October 1916 until the retreat to Hungary in September 1918. Commanders 11th Army had the following commanders until absorbed by Heeresgruppe Mackensen on 8 September 1915:Cron 2002 397 +11th Army From Commander Previously Subsequently, 9 March 1915until 27 March 1915 General der Infanterie Max von Fabeck XIII Corps 1st Army 16 April 1915 Generaloberst August von Mackensen 9th Army Heeresgruppe Mackensenconcurrently from 27 April 1915 22 June 1915 Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen The "new" 11th Army had the following commanders: +"New" 11th Army From Commander Previously Subsequently, 23 September 1915 General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz 12th Army Attack Group West – Verdun 16 April 1916acting until 23 July 1916 General der Infanterie Arnold von Winckler IV Reserve Corpsconcurrently until 24 July 1916 I Corps 5 June 1917 General der Infanterie Kuno von Steuben XVIII Reserve Corps Retired statusThe Prussian Machine Accessed: 6 February 2012 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.Cron 2002 84 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 Germany 11th Army (Wehrmacht) for the equivalent formation in World War II References Bibliography Cron Hermann 2002 Imperial German Army 1914–18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle 1937 Helion & Co 1-874622-70-1 DiNardo Richard L. Invasion: The Conquest of Serbia, 1915 2015 Santa Barbara Praeger https://books.google.com/books?id=9sbloQEACAAJ Ellis John Cox Michael 1993 The World War I Databook Aurum Press 1-85410-766-6 Nikolay Korsun Балканский фронт мировой войны 1914–1918 гг. Balkan Front of the World War 1914–1918 ru Boenizdat Moscow 1939 7970969 y 11 Category:Military units and formations established in 1915 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919