4-427: (Redirected from Eighteenth Army ) Eighteenth Army or 18th Army may refer to: Germany [ edit ] 18th Army (German Empire) , a World War I field Army 18th Army (Wehrmacht) , a World War II field army Others [ edit ] 18th Army (Soviet Union) Eighteenth Army (Japan) 18th Combined Arms Army [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
8-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 18th Army (German Empire) The 18th Army ( German : 18. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 18 / A.O.K. 18 ) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I . It was formed against France on 27 December 1917 from the former Heeresgruppe Woyrsch command. It served exclusively on
12-655: The Western Front and was dissolved on 2 January 1919. 18th Army was one of three armies (along with 17th Army and 19th Army ) formed in late 1917 / early 1918 with forces withdrawn from the Eastern Front . They were in place to take part in Ludendorff's German spring offensive . The Germans had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the Allies before the overwhelming human and matériel resources of
16-502: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=18th_Army&oldid=1212764119 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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