17th Army (German Empire)
The 17th Army / Army High Command 17 (AOK 17) was a major organization or command authority of the German Army during the First World War . It comprised several army or reserve corps as well as numerous special troops.
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In 1918, the Supreme Army Command assembled numerous troops for the planned spring offensive ( Operation "Michael" ) on the Western Front . In addition to reinforcing the existing armies, two new ones were formed, the 17th Army and the 18th Army . The troops of the 17th Army gathered from January 1918 in the area between Fresnes-lès-Montauban and Mœuvres . The new Army High Command 17 was created by relocating and renaming Army High Command 14 on February 1, 1918. Commander-in-chief became General of the Infantry Otto von Below .
In the German offensive that began on March 21, 1918, the 17th Army and the 2nd Army formed the right wing of the attack. The offensive ended after initial success in July 1918. Even after that, the army remained on the western front in Artois . In October General of the Infantry Bruno von Mudra took over command.
The headquarters of Army High Command 17 was initially located in Saint-Amand before being moved to Douai (April 6, 1918), Denain (May 1, 1918) and Mons (October 18, 1918). When she withdrew, she found shelter in Zülpich on November 19, 1918 .
Web links
- The highest command posts of the army on www.deutsche-kriegsgeschichte.de (as of April 19, 2010)
literature
- Hermann Cron: History of the German Army in the World War 1914–1918 , Military Publishing House Karl Siegismund, Berlin 1937 ( History of the Royal Prussian Army and the German Imperial Army 5).