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This Blog was born from a wet day in Germany, looking at one of the many war memorials in that country and further investigation which led me to notice a lack of reference material with regards to the German Army in World War One.

My work on this project has been made easier by the World Wide Web, but with the information tools at my disposal it has been a constant battle to ensure that the correct information has been included.

This Blog is intended for reference, and will hopefully enable those with an interest in the German Army of World War One to look up with confidence the various units and organisations which contributed to the German war machine.

Friday, 20 June 2014

2nd Army


The 2nd Army was formed from  the II Army Inspectorate on mobalisation.

Guards Corps

1st Guards Division
2nd Guards Division

Guards Reserve Corps

3rd Guards Division
1st Guards Reserve  Division

VII Corps

13th Infantry Division
14th Infantry Division

X Corps

19th Infantry Division
20th Infantry Division

VII Reserve Corps

13th Reserve Division
14th Reserve Division

X Reserve Corps

2nd Guards Reserve Division
19th Reserve Division

It fought on the Western front and was decimated at the Somme.  At the startof the war in fought at Mons and Namur.  It fought at the battle of St Quinten, the Marne and the Aisne before the start of trench warfare.

In early 1917 the Army fell back to the Hindenburg line.

In March 1918 the Army took part in the "Michael Offensive" part of the Kaisers Battle, and was the centre army of three attacking armies on the Cambrai front.

XXXIX Reserve Corps (Group Staab)
XIII Corps (Group Watter)
XXIII Reserve Corps (Group Kathen)
XIV Corps (Group Gontard)
LI Corps (Group Hofacker)

After the Battle of Amiens the 2nd Army was forced to retreat with heavy losses.


The 2nd Army was comanded by:

General (later Field Marshall) Karl von Bulow until April 1915 when he was retired after a heart attack.  He was replaced by General Fritz von Below who had previously comanded XXI Corps, who was replaced Max von Gallwitz on 19th July 1916.  On 17th December 1916 he was replaced by General Georg von der Marwitz.  On 22nd September 1918 he was replaced by General Adolf von Carlowitz.

The army ended the war on the Western Front

54th Corps

 4th Infantry Division
12th Infantry Division
21st Reserve Division
22nd Infantry Division
113th Infantry Division
185th Infantry Division
239th Infantry Division
Jaeger Division

IV Reserve Corps (Carpathian Corps ( 24th July 1916-22nd January 1917)

 14th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Division
18th Reserve Division
44th Reserve Division
58th Infantry Division

 51st Corps

 1st Guards Reserve Division
22nd Reserve Division
54th Infantry Division
121st Infantry Division
243rd Infantry Division

 Army Command

 17th Reserve Division
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