5-590: German Eighth Army may refer to: 8th Army (German Empire) 8th Army (Wehrmacht) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title German Eighth Army . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_Eighth_Army&oldid=932843293 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
10-593: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 8th Army (German Empire) The 8th Army ( German : 8. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 8 / A.O.K. 8 ) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I . It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the I Army Inspectorate . The army was dissolved on 29 September 1915, but reformed on 30 December 1915. It
15-601: The Battles of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes . The Army of the Niemen was formed on 26 May 1915 to control the troops in Courland. The commander of the 8th Army, General der Infanterie Otto von Below , along with his chief of staff, Generalmajor von Böckmann, assumed command. In the meantime, the 8th Army got a deputy commander, General der Artillerie Friedrich von Scholtz , who was simultaneously commander of XX Corps . 8th Army
20-561: The south, Prittwitz ordered a retreat to the Vistula , effectively abandoning East Prussia. When he heard of this, Helmuth von Moltke , the German Army Chief of Staff, recalled Prittwitz and his deputy to Berlin. They were replaced by Paul von Hindenburg , called out of retirement, with Erich Ludendorff as his chief of staff. Under its new command, the Army was responsible for the victories at
25-573: Was finally disbanded in 1919 during demobilization after the war. On mobilization in August 1914, the 8th Army Headquarters was formed in Posen to command troops stationed in East Prussia to defend against the expected Russian attack, Plan XIX. Initially, the Army commanded the following formations: Concerned by the defeat at Gumbinnen and the continued advance of the Russian Second Army from
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