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<b>Commanders of the German Army Groups, Numbered Armies and Named Armies, 1914-1919</b><BR>
A list of all German Army Group, numbered Army, and named Army commanders for the war followed by birth-death dates and the dates of a general's tenure of command.  Many generals had several commands, thus if one comes across an officer whose name simply 
has the dates of the command, that officer likely held a previous army command and appears somewhere else on the list.  Keep in mind his initial command may have been on another front or at a lower level.   From,  'Führer des Kaiserl. Dt. Feldheeres im Ersten Weltkriege,' <i>Deutsches Soldatenjahrbuch,</i> 1968), 92ff.
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<b>Abbreviations:</b><BR>
GFM=Generalfeldmarschal (Field Marshal)<BR>
GO= Generaloberst  (General)<BR>
GdI (or Kav or Art)= General der Infanterie (Kavallerie,  Artillerie)  Lieutenant General<BR>
GLT=Generalleutnant (Major General)<BR>
GM=General Major  (Brigadier General)<BR>
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<b>ARMY GROUPS, EASTERN FRONT<br><br></b>

<b>Oberbefehlshaberost (OBOST): (Commander-in-Chief, East)</b><br><br>

GFM v. Hindenburg (2 October 1847 - 4 August 1934), 1 November 1914 - 29 August 1916.<br>
GFM Prinz Leopold v. Bayern (9 February 1846 - 28 September 1930),  29 August 1916 - 21 January 1919.
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<b>Heeresgruppe Linsingen: (Army Group Linsingen)</b><br><br>
GdInf v. Linsingen (10 February 1850 - 6 May 1935), 18 September 1915 - 31 March 1918.<br><br>
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<b>Heeresgruppe Hindenburg (Riga): (Army Group Hindenburg, called Army Group Riga at one point).</b><br><br>

GFM Hindenburg, 5 August 1915 - 30 July 1916.<br>
GO v. Eichhorn (13 February 1848 - 30 July 1918) 30 July 1916 - 31 March 1918.<br><br>

<b>Heeresgruppe Eichhorn (Kiev): (Army Group Eichhorn, after August 1918 'Kiev')</b><br><br>

GO Eichhorn 31 March - 30 July 1918.<br>
GO Graf v. Kirchbach (9 August 1850 - 6 November 1925), 31 July 1918 - 7 February 1919.<br><br>

<b>Heeresgruppe Woyrsch: (Army Group Woyrsch)</b><br><br>
GO v. Woyrsch (4 February 1847 - 6 August 1920), 28 August 1916 - 31 December 1917.<br><br>
<b>Heeresgruppe Mackensen: (Army Group Mackensen, often also called Army Group East,  Balkans, and Rumania)</b><br><br>
GFM v. Mackensen (6 December 1857 - 6 November 1945), 30 September 1915 - 2 December 1918.<br><br>

<b>Heeresgruppe Below: (Army Group Below)</b><br><br>
GdInf Otto v. Below, 10 October 1916 - 22 April 1917.<br><br>

<b>Heeresgruppe Scholtz/Macedonia: (Army Group Scholtz/Macedonia)</b><br><br>
GdArt Scholtz (23 March 1851 - 2 May 1927), 22 April 1917 - 14 January 1919.<br><br>

<b>Heeresgruppe (Yildirim) Palestina: (Army Group Palestine)</b><br><br>
GdI v. Falkenhayn (11 September 1861 - 8 April 1922), 7 September 1917 - 25 February 1918.<br>
GdCav Liman v. Sanders (18 February 1855 - 22 August 1929),  25 February 1918 - 31 October 1918.<br><br>

<b>NUMBERED ARMIES, EASTERN FRONT</b><br><br>
<b>8th Army</b><br><br>

GO v. Prittwitz und Gaffron (27 November 1848 - 29 March 1917),  2 August 14 - 22
August 14.<br>
GdInf v. Beneckendorff u. v. Hindenburg, 22 August 1914 - 18 September 1914.<br>
GdArt v. Schubert, 18 September 1914 - 8 October 1914.<br>
GdInf v. Francois (31 January 1856 - 15 May 1933), 8 October 1914 - 7 November 1914.<br>
GdInf v. Otto v. Below, 7 November 1914 - 26 May 1915.<br>
GdArt v. Scholtz, 26 May 1915 - 28 September 1915.<br><br>

8th Army disbanded and turned into Njemen Army until 30 December 1915. <br><br> Reconstituted from the Njemen Army:<br><br>

GdInf Otto v. Below, 30 December 1915 - 3 October 1916.<br>
GdInf v. Fabeck, 3 October 1916 - 22 October 1916.<br>
GdInf v. Mudra, 22 October 1916 - 20 December 1916.<br>
GdArt v. Scholtz, 2 January 1917 - 22 April 1917.<br>
GdInf v. Hutier (27 August 1857 - 5 December 1934), 22 April 1917 - 12 December 1917.<br>
GdInf Graf v. Kirchbach, 12 December 1917 - 31 July 1918.<br>
GdInf v. Kathen (27 August 1855 - 3 April 1932), 31 July 1918 - 14 December 1918.<br>
GLT v. Estorff (1859-1943), 14 December 1918 - 14 January 1919.
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<b>9th Army</b><br><br>
GO v. Beneckendorf u. v. Hindenburg, 17 September 1914 - 1 November 1914.<br>
GdKav v. Mackensen, 1 November 1914 - 15 April 1915.<br>
GFM Prinz Leopold v. Bayern, 16 April 1915 - 30 July 1916.<br>

Moved to Rumania and reconstituted on 6 September. <br><br>
GdInf v. Falkenhayn, 6 September 1916 - 10 June 1917.<br>
GdInf Kosch (5 April 1866-22 December 1942), 1 May - 10 June 1917, acting commander.<br>
GdInf v. Eben (24 February 1855-30 June 1924), 10 June 1917 - 18 June 1918.<br>
GdInf Fritz v. Below, 18 June 1918 - 7 August 1918.<br>
GdInf v. Carlowitz, 6 August 1918 - 22 September 1918.  Disbanded.
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<b>10th Army</b>
GO v. Eichhorn, 26 January 1915 - 4 March 1918.<br>
GdInf v. Falkenahyn, 4 March 1918 - 25 February 1919.
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<b>12th Army</b>
GdArt v. Gallwitz, 7 August 1915 - 22 September 1915.<br>
GdInf v. Fabeck, 22 September 1915 - 3 October 1916.  disbanded.<br><br>

<b> NAMED ARMIES, EASTERN FRONT</b><br><br>

<b>Njemen Army<br><br></b>
GdInf Otto v. Below, 26 May 1915 - 30 December 1915.
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<b>Deutscher Suedarmee</b><br><br>
GdInf v. Linsingen, 11 January 1915 - 6 July 1915.<br>
GdInf Graf v. Bothmer, 7 July 1915 - 3 March 1918.
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<b>Bug Army</b><br><br>
GdInf v. Linsingen, 6 July 1915 - 31 March 1918.
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<b>Donau Army (Rumania)</b><br><br>
GdInf Kosch, 28 August 1916 - 19 January 1918.
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