Army Group Mackensen (Poland)
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The Army Group Mackensen (
Imperial German Army
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On 8 September 1915 it was renamed Army Group Linsingen when Brusilov Offensive. After an initial retreat, it checked the Russian advance at the Battle of Kowel. After the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, the Army Group occupied Ukraine.
On 31 March 1918, von Linsingen was replaced by Hermann von Eichhorn and the Army Group was renamed Army Group Eichhorn-Kiev (German: Heeresgruppe Eichhorn-Kiew). It was again renamed on 3 April to Army Group Eichhorn and a last time on 13 August to Army Group Kiev after the murder of General Eichhorn. His successor was Günther von Kirchbach. The Army Group was disbanded on 7 February 1919.
Composition April – September 1915
- German Eleventh Army (August von Mackensen)
- Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army (Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria)
- Austro-Hungarian Second Army (Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli), from June 1915
- German Army of the Bug (Alexander von Linsingen), from 8 July 1915
Composition September 1915 – March 1918
- Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army (Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, succeeded by Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas)
- German Bug Army (Alexander von Linsingen)
Sources
- "Die Deutschen Heeresgruppen im Ersten Weltkrieg". German Federal Archives. Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- HGr. Mackensen (Polen) on Genealogy.de
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