12th Army (German Empire): Difference between revisions

{{ForShort description|German army group on the equivalentEastern formationFront inof [[World War II]]|12th Army (Wehrmacht)I}}

| image=[[image:Stab eines Armeeoberkommandos.svg|200px]]

|dates=7 August 1915 -– 9 October 1916

|identification_symbol=A.O.K. 12

|identification_symbol_label=Abbreviation

The '''12th Army''' ({{lang-de|'''12. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 12 / A.O.K. 12'''}}) was an [[Field army|army]] level command of the [[German Empire|German]] [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] in [[World War I]] formed in August 1915 by the redesignation of '''''{{lang|de|Armee-Gruppe''}} Gallwitz'''.<ref>''Armee-Gruppe'' Gallwitz had been formed on 18 March 1915 under command of [[General of the Artillery (Germany)|General der Artillerie]] [[Max von Gallwitz]]</ref> It served exclusively on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] and was dissolved on 9 October 1916 when its commander, [[General of the Infantry (Germany)|General der Infanterie]] [[Max von Fabeck]], was transferred to [[8th Army (German Empire)|8th Army]].<ref>{{harvnb|Cron|2002|pp=81–82}}</ref>

On 9 February 1915 [[Guards Reserve Corps]] was redesignated ''Armee-Gruppe'' Gallwitz. It'sIts commander was raised to the status of an Army Commander on 18 March 1915 and his ''Armee-Gruppe'' was redesignated as 12th Army on 7 August 1915.

On 22 July, the armies of Central Powers crossed the [[Vistula river]]. inIn August, the Russian Fourth armyArmy left the [[Dęblin|Ivangorod]] fortress. With the continuing Russian retreat, Warsaw became isolated, and the 12th Army seized the opportunity and conquered it on 4–5 August.

''Armee-Gruppe'' Gallwitz was redesignated as 12th Army on 7 August 1915 with von Gallwitz remaining in command.<ref>{{harvnb|Cron|2002|p=397}}</ref> The 12th Army was dissolved on 9 October 1916 when its commander was transferred to [[8th Army (German Empire)|8th Army]].

! From !! Commander !! Previously !! Subsequently,

| 7 August 1915 || [[General of the Artillery (Germany)|General der Artillerie]] [[Max von Gallwitz]] || ''Armee-Gruppe'' Gallwitz || [[11th Army (German Empire)|11th Army]]

| 22 September 1915 || [[General of the Infantry (Germany)|General der Infanterie]] [[Max von Fabeck]] || [[1st Army (German Empire)|1st Army]] || [[8th Army (German Empire)|8th Army]]

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| title = Imperial German Army 1914-181914–18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]

[[Category:Field armies of Germany in World War I|12]]