Army Group Duke Albrecht

The Army Group Duke Albrecht was a large organization and the associated command authority of the German Army during the First World War (1914-1918). It comprised several armies or army divisions .

Establishment, command area

Commander in chief Field Marshal General Duke Albrecht von Württemberg (from March 1, 1917 until the end of the war) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen (from March 1, 1917 to September 9, 1917)

The "Army Group Duke Albrecht" was reorganized on March 1, 1917 as part of the reorganization of the Western Front and the subordination of the armies, which had previously been led directly by the Supreme Army Command , under Army Group Command and comprised the southern section of the Western Front starting at the interface with the German Crown Prince Army Group to the east from Verdun to the Swiss border.

Army Group Duke Albrecht, 1918

structure

The Army Group comprised the following units (from north to south):

Army Division C (from April 12, 1917 to February 1918) 19th Army (from February 4, 1918) Army Division A Army Division B

Struggles

The southern section of the western front between Verdun and the Swiss border was considered a secondary theater of war after the western front had solidified in the trench warfare. Basically only positional battles of low intensity were conducted here. The troops deployed here (mostly replacement troops and Landwehr units) generally had little combat strength.

Web links

The German Army Groups Part 1, First World War on the website of the Federal Archives

Individual evidence

1. ^ Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen: The Bavaria Book of the World War . Chr.Belser Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1930, p. 218