Armee-Abteilung Woyrsch

*Armee-Abteilung* Woyrsch
Army Detachment "Woyrsch"
Armee-Abteilung Woyrsch; Army Detachment "Woyrsch"
	Flag of the Staff of an Armee Oberkommando (1871–1918)
Active	3 November 1914 – 15 December 1917
Country	German Empire
Type	Army
Engagements	World War I

Armee-Abteilung Woyrsch (Army Detachment "Woyrsch") was an

Army in World War I. It served on the Eastern Front

History

Armee-Abteilung Woyrsch was commanded throughout its existence by Generaloberst (later

Heeresgruppe Woyrsch.^[4]^[5]

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.[6]
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 a single commander.

^ Cron 2002, p. 400
^ Cron 2002, p. 400
^ The Prussian Machine Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 13 April 2012
^ Cron 2002, p. 391
^ Woyrsch was, for a brief period, simultaneously commanding a Corps, Armee-Abteilung and Heeresgruppe.
^ Cron 2002, p. 84

Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914–18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co.
ISBN 1-874622-70-1
.