General Command 62

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The Generalkommando 62 was a large unit of the army of the German Empire in the First World War .

structure

General Command 62 was a General Command z. b. V. ( General Command for Special Use ). These emerged from 1916 and were purely command posts; the military units were assigned to him as required.

history

Lieutenant General Richard von Webern was appointed commander of the newly established General Command zbV No. 62 on December 15, 1916 . The General Command was deployed with the 11th Army in Macedonia until the end of the war. On February 19, 1918, Lieutenant General Paul Fleck was appointed Commanding General. The general command faced the Serbian units of the Orient Army, subordinate to the German 302nd division, the Bulgarian 1st and 6th divisions. General Fleck could not prevent the collapse of the Balkan front in September 1918. After the armistice between Bulgaria and the Entente , the General Command was dissolved on October 27, 1918. The retreat fighting of the German units through Serbia was brought up from the Western Front General Command of XXXIX. Transfer to Reserve Corps .

Commanding general

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Richard von Webern December 15, 1916 to February 19, 1918
Lieutenant General Paul Fleck February 19, 1918 until the end of the war

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