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::with 25 infantry battalions, 5 machine gun companies (30 machine guns), 6 cavalry squadrons, 12 field artillery batteries (72 guns), 4 heavy batteries (16 guns), a Field Airship Detachment and 7 pioneer<ref>Field Engineers</ref> companies. It was transfered to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] joining [[1st Army (German Empire)|1st Army]] in late August. |
::with 25 infantry battalions, 5 machine gun companies (30 machine guns), 6 cavalry squadrons, 12 field artillery batteries (72 guns), 4 heavy batteries (16 guns), a Field Airship Detachment and 7 pioneer<ref>Field Engineers</ref> companies. It was transfered to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] joining [[1st Army (German Empire)|1st Army]] in late August. |
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* "Higher ''Landwehr'' Commander 1" (''Höherer Landwehr-Kommandeur 1'') |
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::with 24 infantry battalions, 6 cavalry squadrons and 4 field artillery batteries (24 guns). Also referred to initially as the ''Landwehr'' Division Goltz after its commander, later renamed [[1st Landwehr Division (German Empire)|1st ''Landwehr'' Division]]. By 27 August it had joined the [[8th Army (German Empire)|8th Army]] on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] and participated in the battles of |
::with 24 infantry battalions, 6 cavalry squadrons and 4 field artillery batteries (24 guns). Also referred to initially as the ''Landwehr'' Division Goltz after its commander, later renamed [[1st Landwehr Division (German Empire)|1st ''Landwehr'' Division]]. By 27 August it had joined the [[8th Army (German Empire)|8th Army]] on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] and participated in the battles of [[Battle of Tannenberg (1914)|Tannenberg]] and [[Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes|2nd Masurian Lakes]].<ref>{{harvnb|Sweetman|2002|p=209}}</ref> |
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* Coastal Protection |
* Coastal Protection |
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** IV Battalion, 75th ''Landwehr'' Infantry Regiment<ref>Remainder of 75th ''Landwehr'' Infantry Regiment with 33rd Mixed ''Landwehr'' Brigade, 1st ''Landwehr'' Division</ref> |
** IV Battalion, 75th ''Landwehr'' Infantry Regiment<ref>Remainder of 75th ''Landwehr'' Infantry Regiment with 33rd Mixed ''Landwehr'' Brigade, 1st ''Landwehr'' Division</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:49, 13 March 2012
| Nordarmee North Army | |
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 Flag of the Staff of an Armee Oberkommando (1871–1918) | |
| Active | August 1914 |
| Country |  German Empire |
| Type | Army |
The North Army (Template:Lang-de) was an army level command of the German Army that existed briefly at the outbreak of World War I.[1]
History
The North Army was formed on the outbreak of the war in Schleswig to defend the German North Sea Coast in case of British landings. It was dissolved by the end of August 1914 as its major units were transferred away.
Structure
On formation, North Army consisted of
- with 25 infantry battalions, 5 machine gun companies (30 machine guns), 6 cavalry squadrons, 12 field artillery batteries (72 guns), 4 heavy batteries (16 guns), a Field Airship Detachment and 7 pioneer[2] companies. It was transfered to the Western Front joining 1st Army in late August.
- "Higher Landwehr Commander 1" (Höherer Landwehr-Kommandeur 1)
- with 24 infantry battalions, 6 cavalry squadrons and 4 field artillery batteries (24 guns). Also referred to initially as the Landwehr Division Goltz after its commander, later renamed 1st Landwehr Division. By 27 August it had joined the 8th Army on the Eastern Front and participated in the battles of Tannenberg and 2nd Masurian Lakes.[3]
- Coastal Protection
- North Sea Islands (5 infantry battalions, 9 heavy batteries (36 heavy howitzers), 2 pioneer companies)
- Borkum
- I and II Battalions, 79th Reserve Infantry Regiment[6]
- 2nd Abteilung, 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment[7]
- 1st Reserve Battery, 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment
- 1st Landwehr Pioneer Company of X Corps District
- Sylt
- 85th Landwehr Infantry Regiment[8]
- 1 Battery of 1st Abteilung, 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment
- 2nd Reserve Battery, 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment
- 1st Landwehr Pioneer Company of IX Corps District
- Pellworm
- III Battalion, 85th Landwehr Infantry Regiment[9]
- 1 Battery of 1st Abteilung, 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment
- 3rd Reserve Battery, 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment
- Borkum
Glossary
- Armee-Abteilung or Army Detachment in the sense of "something detached from an Army". It is not under the command of an Army so is in itself a small Army.[10]
- Armee-Gruppe or Army Group in the sense of a group within an Army and under its command, generally formed as a temporary measure for a specific task.
- Heeresgruppe or Army Group in the sense of a number of armies under a single commander.
See also
Notes
- ^ Cron 2002, p. 326
- ^ Field Engineers
- ^ Sweetman 2002, p. 209
- ^ Remainder of 75th Landwehr Infantry Regiment with 33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade, 1st Landwehr Division
- ^ Remainder of 76th Landwehr Infantry Regiment with 33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade, 1st Landwehr Division
- ^ III Battalion and machine gun company with 39th Reserve Infantry Brigade, 19th Reserve Division, X Reserve Corps
- ^ 4 batteries of heavy field howitzers
- ^ Without its III Battalion (on Pellworm)
- ^ Remainder of regiment on Sylt
- ^ Cron 2002, p. 84
References
- Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Ellis, John; Cox, Michael (1993). The World War I Databook. Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85410-766-6.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Sweetman, John (2002). Tannenberg 1914. Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-35635-2.
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