Bug Army (German Empire)

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The Bug Army / Army High Command Bug (AOK Bug) was a large association and the associated command authority of the German army during the First World War (1914-1918). It comprised several army or reserve corps as well as numerous special troops.

history

The commander of the German bow army, General Linsingen, during a visit by the 10th Corps Command in Kopcza an Kolky (Rajon Manewytschi ) on September 20, 1915.

Commander in chief General of the Infantry Alexander von Linsingen (from July 8, 1915) Chief of Staff Major General Paulus von Stolzmann (from July 8, 1915) Colonel Emil Hell (from July 17, 1916) Lieutenant Colonel Keller (from December 7, 1916)

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To support the Austro-Hungarian forces on the Eastern Front , German troops were ordered into the Hungarian Carpathians in early 1915 . The command of these troops was incumbent on the General Command of the II. Army Corps , which was converted for this purpose on January 11, 1915 into a regular Army High Command called "South". The subordinate troops were thus combined as the southern army .

A reorganization took place on July 8, 1915. Field Marshal von Mackensen had to reinforce himself in the Bug Offensive that began at the end of June 1915 , to the right of the 11th Army , the newly formed Bug Army was formed under General von Linsingen's Infantry . The previous Army High Command South moved to Lemberg , leaving behind the troops previously commanded , where it took command of other units and was henceforth referred to as the Bug Army High Command or Bug Army , after the river Bug of the same name .

Linsingen had to accompany Mackensen's advance on the western bank of the Bug to the north; his army was formed from three corps groups:

Beskid Corps under General von der Marwitz (from July 21 under General Hofmann )

• 25th Reserve Division
• 35th Reserve Division
• 4th division

XXIV Reserve Corps (German Empire) ( Gerok Group )

• 11th Bavarian Division
• 107th Infantry Division

XXXXI. Reserve Corps ( Winckler Group )

• 81st Reserve Division
• 82nd Reserve Division

On September 20, 1915 General von Linsingen also took command of the newly formed Army Group Linsingen named after him . The bow army was therefore divided into several "groups" and placed directly under the command of the Army Group. When the end of the war against Russia became apparent, the Army Group and with it the Bug Army were disbanded on January 23, 1918 as a major unit .

References

→ Main article: Army (German Empire)

Web links

• The highest command posts of the Army → Army High Command by name on www.deutsche-kriegsgeschichte.de (as of October 23, 2014)

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).
• Field newspaper of the bow army. 1917 ( LLB Detmold )

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Cron: History of the German Army in World Wars 1914–1918 , Berlin 1937, p. 399
2. ^ Hermann Cron: History of the German Army in World Wars 1914–1918 , Berlin 1937, p. 80