6th Army (German Empire)

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The 6th Army (German Empire) was a major German field army of the First World War, active primarily on the Western Front and involved in key battles such as the early campaigns in Belgium and northern France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring 1914–1918 ⓘ
associatedWith Bavarian Army contingents ⓘ
belligerent Central Powers ⓘ
branch Heer ⓘ
composition artillery units ⓘ
cavalry units ⓘ
infantry divisions ⓘ
multiple army corps ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Western Front ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
disbandedIn 1919 ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Armentières ⓘ
Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Lille (1914) ⓘ
Battle of Lorraine ⓘ
Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Battle of the Marne ⓘ
Race to the Sea ⓘ
Siege of Antwerp ⓘ
era World War I ⓘ
formedIn August 1914 ⓘ
frontSector Belgium ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters Bavaria ⓘ
languageOfCommand German ⓘ
notableCommander Ferdinand von Quast ⓘ
Friedrich von Lochow ⓘ
linked to: Ewald von Lochow

Fritz von Below ⓘ
Otto von Below ⓘ
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ⓘ
notableFor operations in Belgium and northern France in 1914 ⓘ
service under Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria ⓘ
opposedTo Belgian Army ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
partOf Imperial German Army ⓘ
role defensive operations on Western Front ⓘ
offensive operations in early 1914 campaigns ⓘ
subordinateTo German General Staff ⓘ
Oberste Heeresleitung ⓘ
theater Western Front ⓘ

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Ludwig von Falkenhausen → militaryUnit → 6th Army (German Empire) ⓘ