Army Group Prince Leopold of Bavaria

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The Army Group Prince Leopold of Bavaria (German: Heeresgruppe Prinz Leopold von Bayern) was an Army Group of the German Army, which operated against Russia between 5 August 1915 and 15 December 1917 during World War I. It was renamed Army Group Woyrsch on 29 August 1916.

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1915 - 1917

This Army Group was established in August 1915 after the conquest of Warsaw by the 9th Army under command of Prince Leopold of Bavaria. It was only composed of the 9th Army and an Army Detachment. When the 9th Army was disbanded in July 1916 to be reformed in the Balkans, the Army Group remained in existence, but now under command of von Woyrsch, because Prince Leopold of Bavaria became Supreme commander of the Eastern Front. The Army Group was finally disbanded on 15 December 1917.

<i lang="de" title="German language text">Ober Ost</i>

Ober Ost is short for Oberbefehlshaber der gesamten Deutschen Streitkräfte im Osten, German for "Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East" during World War I. In practice it refers not only to said commander, but also to his governing military staff and the district they controlled: Ober Ost was in command of the German section of the Eastern Front.

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9th Army (German Empire)

The 9th Army was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed in September 1914 in Breslau to command troops on the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The army was dissolved on 30 July 1916, but reformed in Transylvania on 6 September 1916 for the Romanian Campaign. It was transferred to the Western Front on 19 June 1918 where it was finally dissolved on 18 September 1918.

Prince Leopold of Bavaria German general

Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf, Prinz von Bayern was born in Munich, the son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912) and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria (1825–1864). He was a Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) who commanded German and Austro-Hungarian forces on the Eastern Front in World War I.

Remus von Woyrsch german Field Marshal

Martin Wilhelm Remus von Woyrsch was a Prussian Field Marshal, a member of the Prussian House of Lords from 1908 to 1918, and an Ehrenkommendator or Honorary Commander of the Order of St. John.

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