| Armee-Abteilung Falkenhausen Armee-Abteilung A Army Detachment A | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Staff of an Armee Oberkommando (1871–1918) | |
| Active | 17 September 1914 – post 11 November 1918 |
| Country |  German Empire |
| Type | Army |
| Engagements | World War I |
Armee-Abteilung Falkenhausen / Armee-Abteilung A (Army Detachment A) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It served on the left (southern) wing of the Western Front throughout its existence.
Armee-Abteilung Falkenhausen was set up in the southern part of the Western Front in Alsace-Lorraine on 17 September 1914 from the parts of 6th Army that remained in Lorraine after it marched north to participate in the Race to the Sea. The Staff of the dissolved Ersatz Corps under General der Infanterie Ludwig von Falkenhausen took command. It was established as Armee-Abteilung A on 15 April 1916. It was still in existence when the war ended, [1] serving on the Western Front as part of Heeresgruppe Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg . [2]
The following Orders of Battle illustrate the progression of the Armee-Abteilung during the war.
| Organization of Armee-Abteilung Falkenhausen on 10 December 1914 [3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Army | Corps | Division |
| Armee-Abteilung Falkenhausen | Former Ersatz Corps | 10th Ersatz Division |
| Guards Ersatz Division | ||
| 8th Ersatz Division | ||
| 61st Reserve Infantry Brigade | ||
| 1st Bavarian Landwehr Division | ||
| 19th Ersatz Division | ||
| XV Reserve Corps | 30th Reserve Division | |
| 39th Reserve Division | ||
| Under Army command | 2 Landwehr Brigades | |
By the end of the war, the majority of the units assigned were lower quality Reserve and Landwehr Divisions indicative of the relatively quiet sector that the Armee-Abteilung was operating in.
| Organization of Armee-Abteilung A on 30 October 1918 [4] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Army | Corps | Division |
| Armee-Abteilung A | 59th Corps (z.b.V.) | 96th Division |
| 21st Landwehr Division | ||
| 75th Reserve Division | ||
| VII Corps | 82nd Composite Reserve Infantry Brigade | |
| 301st Division | ||
| XV Bavarian Reserve Corps | 39th Bavarian Reserve Division | |
| 61st Landwehr Brigade | ||
| IX Corps (Austria-Hungary) | 37th Division (Austria-Hungary) | |
| 4th Landwehr Division | ||
Armee-Abteilung A had the following commanders during its existence: [5]
| From | Commander | Previously | Subsequently |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1914 | General der Infanterie Ludwig von Falkenhausen | Ersatz Corps | High Command of Coastal Defence |
| 24 December 1914 | Generaloberst Ludwig von Falkenhausen | ||
| 17 April 1916 | General der Infanterie Karl Ludwig d'Elsa | XII Corps | Retired status [6] |
| 4 January 1917 | General der Infanterie Bruno von Mudra | 8th Army | 1st Army |
| 9 June 1918 | vacant [7] | ||
| 6 August 1918 | General der Infanterie Johannes von Eben | 9th Army | 1 Armeekorps from 20 December 1918 [8] |
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