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7th Army (German Empire)

Field	Value
unit_name	7. Armee
7th Army
image	Siegelmarke Armee - Oberkommando der 7. Armee - Stabsoffizier der Telegraphen Truppen W0239464.jpg
image_size	200
caption	Seal mark
dates	2 August 1914 – January 1919
country	German Empire
type	Field Army
battles	World War I
identification_symbol	A.O.K. 7
identification_symbol_label	Abbreviation

7th Army

Western Front
- Battle of the Frontiers
  - Battle of Mulhouse
  - Battle of Lorraine
- Nivelle Offensive
  - Second Battle of the Aisne
- Spring Offensive
  - Second Battle of the Marne

The 7th Army () was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the II Army Inspection. The army was disbanded in 1919 during demobilization after the war.

History

Formed at the outbreak of World War I, 7th Army formed the extreme left (southern) wing of the German Armies on the Western Front. During the execution of the French Plan XVII, the 7th Army covered Alsace, successfully repulsing the French attack in the Battle of Lorraine. It then took part in the Race to the Sea, an attempt by both German and Anglo-French armies to turn each other's flank.

At the end of the war it was serving as part of Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz.

Order of Battle, 30 October 1918

By the end of the war, the 7th Army was organised as:

Organization of 7th Army on 30 October 1918	Army	Corps
7th Army	XVII Corps	24th Reserve Division
86th Division
one third of 10th Reserve Division
III Corps	one third of 10th Reserve Division
26th Division
227th Division
3rd Naval Division
VIII Reserve Corps	84th Division
19th Division
2nd Bavarian Division
one third of 10th Reserve Division
65th Corps (z.b.V.)	5th Division
4th Guards Division
216th Division
50th Division
VII Corps	No units assigned
Moving to Armee-Abteilung A	24th Division

Commanders

The 7th Army had the following commanders during its existence.

From	Commander	Previously	Subsequently,
2 August 1914	Generaloberst Josias von Heeringen	II Army Inspectorate (II. Armee-Inspektion)	High Command of Coastal Defence
28 August 1916	General der Artillerie Richard von Schubert	XXVII Reserve Corps	Placed on inactive reserve status
27 January 1917	Generaloberst Richard von Schubert
11 March 1917	General der Infanterie Max von Boehn	Armee-Abteilung C	Heeresgruppe Boehn
22 March 1918	Generaloberst Max von Boehn
6 August 1918	General der Infanterie Magnus von Eberhardt	X Reserve Corps	1st Army
15 October 1918	Generaloberst Max von Boehn	Heeresgruppe Boehn

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.
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 one commander.

References

Bibliography

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References

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