10th Army (German Empire)

10. Armee 10th Army
Flag of the Staff of an Armee Oberkommando (1871–1918)
Active	26 January 1915 – 6 January 1919
Country	German Empire
Type	Army
Engagements	World War I Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes Lake Naroch Offensive

The 10th Army (German: 10. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 10 / A.O.K. 10) was an army level command of the German Empire in World War I.

History

The 10th Army was formed 1 January 1915.^[1] The army was stationed on the Eastern Front where it fought against the Russian Empire. It was dissolved in January 1919.

Commanders

• Hermann von Eichhorn^[2] (26 January 1915 - 18 December 1917)
• Erich von Falkenhayn (5 March 1918 - 6 January 1919)

References

1. Nigel Thomas, The German Army in World War I (1): 1914-15 (Oxford: Osprey, 2003), p. 13
2. Hermann Cron; C. F. Colton, Imperial German Army, 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders of Battle (East Sussex, UK: Gardners Books, 2006), p. 397