This is a list of
armies arranged by
ordinal number
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First Army
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First Allied Airborne Army
The First Allied Airborne Army was an Allied formation formed on 2 August 1944 by the order of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The formation was part of the Allied Expeditionary For ...
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First Army (Australia)
The First Australian Army was a field army of the Australian Army, during World War II. The formation's headquarters was raised in April 1942 from the existing 1st Australian Corps headquarters, assuming command of all Allied troops in Quee ...
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First Army (Austria-Hungary)
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First Army (Bulgaria)
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First Canadian Army
The First Canadian Army (french: 1reArmée canadienne) was a field army and a formation of the Canadian Army in World War II in which most Canadian elements serving in North-West Europe were assigned. It served on the Western Front from July 1944 ...
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New 1st Army
The New 1st Army () was reputed to be the most elite military unit of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army. Nicknamed the "First Army Under Heaven" during the Chinese Civil War, it caused the most Japanese Army casualties during the Sino-Japane ...
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First Army (France)
The First Army (french: 1re Armée) was a field army of France that fought during World War I and World War II. It was also active during the Cold War.
First World War
On mobilization in August 1914, General Auguste Dubail was put in th ...
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1st Army (German Empire)
The 1st Army (german: 1. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 1 / A.O.K. 1) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the VIII Army Inspectorate. The army was dissolved on 17 Septemb ...
, a World War I field army
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1st Army (Wehrmacht) The 1st Army (german: 1. Armee) was a World War II field army. Combat chronicle
1939
The 1st Army was activated on 26 August 1939, in Wehrkreis XII with General Erwin von Witzleben in command. Its primary mission was to take defensive position ...
, a World War II field army
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1st Panzer Army
The 1st Panzer Army (german: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
When originally formed on 1 March 1940, the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Gro ...
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1st Parachute Army (Germany)
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First Army (Greece)
The Greek First Army (, ''Proti Stratia''), is the highest formation of the Hellenic Army and its only extant field army.
Various English and German-language sources erroneously mention the existence of a First Army during the Greco-Italian War ...
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First Army (Hungary)
The Hungarian First Army was a field army of the Royal Hungarian Army that saw action during World War II.
Commanders
* Lieutenant-General Vilmos Nagy - March 1, 1940 – February 1, 1941
* Lieutenant-General István Schweitzer - February 1, ...
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First Army (Italy)
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First Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on three occasions.
History
The Japanese 1st Army was initially raised during the First Sino-Japanese War from 1 September 1894 – 28 May 1895 under the command of ...
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First Army (Ottoman Empire)
The First Army or First Guards Army of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''Birinci Ordu'' or ''Hassa Ordusu'') was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the middle 19th century during Ottoman military reforms.
Formations
O ...
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First Polish Army (1920)
The First Army was a field army of the Polish Army that existed during the Polish–Soviet War.
In March 1920 the Headquarters of the Army decided to disband the Front HQs active until then and reform them into separate armies. The largest of Pol ...
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First Polish Army (1944–45)
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
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First Army (Romania)
The First Army was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces, active from 1916 to 2000.
World War I
The First Army took part in the Romanian Campaign of World War I. Its commanders during that time were :
* Divisional General Ioan Culcer: ...
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1st Army (Russian Empire)
The 1st Army (russian: 1-я армия, translit=1А) was an army-level command of the Russian Imperial Army created during World War I. The First Army, commanded by General Paul von Rennenkampf, invaded East Prussia at the outbreak of war in 1 ...
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First Army (Serbia)
The Serbian First Army (Српска Прва Армија / Srpska Prva Armija) was a Serbian field army that fought during World War I.
Order of battle
August 1914
*First Army - staff in the village Rača
**I Timok Infantry Division - Smede ...
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1st Red Banner Army
The 1st Red Banner Army () was a Red Army field army of World War II that served in the Soviet Far East.
Before 1941
The 1st Army was created in July 1938 under the name of the 1st Coastal Army (or, depending on translation, 1st Maritime Army) i ...
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First Army (Turkey)
The First Army of the Republic of Turkey () is one of the four field armies of the Turkish Army. Its headquarters is located at Selimiye Barracks in Istanbul. It guards the sensitive borders of Turkey with Greece and Bulgaria, including the st ...
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First Army (United Kingdom)
The First Army was a formation of the British Army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. The First Army included Indian and Portuguese forces during the First World War and American and French units during the Second World War.
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First United States Army
First Army is the oldest and longest-established field army of the United States Army. It served as a theater army, having seen service in both World War I and World War II, and supplied the US army with soldiers and equipment during the Kore ...
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1st Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
The 1st Army was a Royal Yugoslav Army formation commanded by ''Armijski đeneral'' Milan Rađenković during the German-led Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941 during World War II. It consisted of one infantry division, ...
Second Army
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Second Army (Australia)
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Second Army (Austria-Hungary)
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Second Army (Bulgaria)
The Bulgarian Second Army was a Bulgarian field army during the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II.
History
After 1907, during times of peace, the territory of Bulgaria was divided in three army inspectorates, each one comprising three ...
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Second Army (Egypt)
The Second Field Army is a military formation of the Egyptian Army, formed in 1968. Army headquarters is at Ismailia. It is usually commanded by a field commander of Lieutenant-General rank of at least 34 years' service, and reports directly to ...
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Second Army (France)
The Second Army (french: IIe Armée) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II. The Army became famous for fighting the Battle of Verdun in 1916 under Generals Philippe Pétain and Robert Nivelle.
Commanders
World ...
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2nd Army (German Empire)
The 2nd Army (german: 2. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 2 / A.O.K. 2) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the III Army Inspection. The army was disbanded in 1919 during de ...
, a World War I field army
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2nd Army (Wehrmacht)
The 2nd Army () was a field army of the German Army during World War II.
History
1939 and 1940
The 2nd Army headquarters was briefly established in Berlin from Group Command 1 on 26 August 1939 and at the beginning of the Invasion of Poland it ...
, a World War II field army
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2nd Panzer Army
The 2nd Panzer Army (german: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941.
Organisation
Panzer Group Guderian (german: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 19 ...
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Second Army (Hungary)
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Second Army (Italy)
The 2nd Army ( it, 2ª Armata) was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.
World War I
Commanders
*General Pietro Frugoni (May 1915 - June 1916)
*General Settimio Piacentini (July 1916 - June 1917)
*Gener ...
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Second Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on four occasions.
History
The Japanese 2nd Army was initially raised during the First Sino-Japanese War from September 27, 1894, to May 14, 1895, under the command o ...
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Second Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Second Army of the Ottoman Empire was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the late 19th century during Ottoman military reforms.
Order of battle, 1877
In 1877, it was stationed in what is now Bulgaria. It was com ...
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Second Army (Poland)
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2nd Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian 2nd Army (2-я армия, ''2А'') was an army-level command of the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. It was formed just prior to the outbreak of hostilities from the units of Warsaw Military District and was mobilized in August ...
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Second Army (Serbia)
The Serbian Second Army ( sr, Српска Друга Армија / Srpska Druga Armija) was a Serbian field army that fought during the Balkan Wars and World War I.
During the First Balkan War, the Second Army participated in the Battle of Kuman ...
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2nd Red Banner Army
The 2nd Red Banner Army () was a Soviet field army of World War II that served as part of the Far Eastern Front.
The army was formed at Khabarovsk in the Soviet Far East in 1938 as the 2nd Army. After the Far Eastern Front was split in Septemb ...
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Second Army (Turkey)
The Second Army ( tr, 2. Ordu) of the Turkish Army has headquarters in Malatya. It protects Anatolia and it patrols the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran. Modern Turkish corps are referred to in TGS literature in Ottoman Turkish (1st) numerals. ...
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Second United States Army
Second Army was most recently located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia as a Direct Reporting Unit to Headquarters U.S. Army, Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G-6. Under the CIO/G-6, Second Army served as the single point of contact for Army missions a ...
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Second Army (United Kingdom)
The British Second Army was a field army active during the First and Second World Wars. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front throughout most of the war and later active in Italy. During the Second World War the army ...
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2nd Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
The 2nd Army ( sh-Latn, 2. armija) was a Royal Yugoslav Army formation commanded by ''Armijski đeneral'' Dragoslav Miljković that opposed the German-led Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941 during World War II. It consis ...
Third Army
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Third Army (Bulgaria)
The Bulgarian Third Army was a Bulgarian field army during the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II.
Balkan Wars
After 1907, during times of peace, the territory of Bulgaria was divided into three army inspectorates, each one comprising t ...
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Third Army (Egypt)
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Third Army (France) The Third Army (french: IIIe Armée) was a Field army of the French Army, which fought during World War I and World War II.
Commanders World War I
*General Ruffey (Mobilization – 30 August 1914)
*General Sarrail (30 August 1914 – 22 July 1915 ...
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3rd Army (German Empire)
The 3rd Army (german: 3. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 3 / A.O.K. 3) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 seemingly from the II Army Inspectorate. The army was disbanded in 1919 ...
, a World War I field army
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3rd Army (Wehrmacht), a World War II field army
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3rd Panzer Army
The 3rd Panzer Army (german: 3. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942.
3rd Panzer Group
The 3rd Panzer Group (german: Panzergruppe 3) was formed on 16 November ...
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Third Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Third Army was originally established in Skopje and later defended the northeastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Its initial headquarters was at Salonica, where it formed the core of the military forces that supported the Young Turk ...
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Third Army (Italy)
The 3rd Army ( it, 3ª Armata) was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army and the only army-level command of the Italian Army during the Cold War.
World War I
At the start of the participation of Italy in World War I ( ...
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Third Army (Romania)
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Third Army (Serbia)
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3rd Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Third Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.
Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District. The unit was disbanded in the beginning of 19 ...
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3rd Army (Soviet Union)
The 3rd Army () was a field army of the Red Army during World War II.
Polish Campaign
The 3rd Army was formed on 15 September 1939 from the Vitebsk Group of Forces, part of the Belorussian Front, which had been formed four days earlier from th ...
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Third Army (Turkey)
The Turkish Third Army is a field army of the Turkish Army and is the country's largest army.
History
It traces its origins to 1923, but further back, the Ninth Army Troops Inspectorate was redesignated the Third Army Troops Inspectorate on 1 ...
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Third Army (United Kingdom)
The Third Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I that saw active service on the Western Front throughout the war.
First World War
The Third Army was part of the British Army during World War I and was formed in France on 13 ...
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Third United States Army
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* Hig ...
, another name for United States Army Central
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3rd Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
The 3rd Army was a Royal Yugoslav Army formation commanded by ''Armijski đeneral'' Ilija Brašić during the German-led Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941 during World War II. It consisted of two reinforced infantry divi ...
Fourth Army
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Fourth Army (Bulgaria)
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Fourth Army (National Revolutionary Army) (Republic of China)
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New Fourth Army
The New Fourth Army () was a unit of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China established in 1937. In contrast to most of the National Revolutionary Army, it was controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and not by the ruling Ku ...
(Republic of China)
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Fourth Army (France) The Fourth Army (french: IVe Armée) was a Field army of the French Army, which fought during World War I and World War II.
Commanders World War I
258px, Tribute to the Fourth Army which liberated Sommepy-Tahure.
*General Fernand de Langle de Ca ...
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4th Army (German Empire)
The 4th Army (german: 4. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 4 / A.O.K. 4) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the VI Army Inspection. The army was disbanded in 1919 during demo ...
, a World War I field army
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4th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 4th Army () was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Invasions of Poland and France
The 4th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General Günther von Kluge in command. It took part in the Invasion of Poland of September 19 ...
, a World War II field army
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4th Panzer Army
The 4th Panzer Army (german: 4. Panzerarmee) (operating as Panzer Group 4 (german: 4. Panzergruppe) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, when it was redesignated as a full army) was a German panzer formation during World War ...
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Fourth Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Fourth Army of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''Dördüncü Ordu'') was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the middle nineteenth century, during Ottoman military reforms.
The army did not survive the WWI battles ...
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Fourth Army (Italy) The 4th Army ( it, 4ª Armata) was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.
World War I
During World War I, the 4th Army was positioned between the Asiago plateau and the Carnic Alps. During the Caporetto disaster, ...
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Fourth Army (Romania)
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4th Army (Russian Empire) The Russian Fourth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front.
Composition
At the beginning of the war, the army consisted of:
*Field Office (HQ 4th Army) (formed on August 2, 1914 at the headquarters of the ...
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4th Army (Soviet Union)
The 4th Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that served on the Eastern front of World War II and in the Caucasus during the Cold War.
It was disbanded after the fall of the Soviet Union, with its divisions being withdrawn to Russia and di ...
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4th Air Army (Soviet Union and later Russian Federation)
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4th Guards Army
The 4th Guards Army was an elite Guards field army of the Soviet Union during World War II and the early postwar era.
History
On April 16, 1943, the Supreme Command ordered the army to be established. On May 5, 1943, the army was formed on the ...
(Soviet Union)
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20th Guards Army
The 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (originally designated as the 4th Tank Army, 4th Guards Tank Army in 1945, 4th Guards Mechanised Army in 1946, and the 20th Guards Army in 1960 within the Soviet Ground Forces) is a field army. In 1991, after t ...
(originally designated as "Fourth Tank Army") (Soviet Union)
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Fourth Army (United Kingdom)
The Fourth Army was a field army that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. The Fourth Army was formed on 5 February 1916 under the command of General Sir Henry Rawlinson to carry out the main British contrib ...
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Fourth United States Army
Fourth United States Army was a field army of the United States Army between 1932 and 1991.
History
In 1922, Fourth Army was organized as a unit of the Organized Reserves in New York City. It was allotted to the Regular Army as an inactive unit ...
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4th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
The 4th Army was a Royal Yugoslav Army formation mobilised prior to the German-led Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II. It was drawn from the peacetime 4th Army District. When mobilised, it consisted of three divisi ...
Fifth Army
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Fifth Army (Austria-Hungary)
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Fifth Army (Bulgaria)
The Bulgarian Fifth Army was a Bulgarian field army during the Second Balkan War and World War II.
First Formation
The Fifth Army was formed in May 1913 under the name of the ''First Reserve Army'', comprising two infantry divisions, the 12th ...
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Fifth Army (France)
The Fifth Army (french: Ve Armée) was a fighting force that participated in World War I. Under its commander, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, it led the attacks which resulted in the victory at the First Battle of the Marne in 1914.
World War I ...
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5th Army (German Empire)
The 5th Army (german: 5. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 5 / A.O.K. 5) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 seemingly from the VII Army Inspection. The army was disbanded in 1919 ...
, a World War I field army
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5th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 5th Army () was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
History
The 5th Army was established on 25 August 1939 in ''Wehrkreis'' VI with General Curt Liebmann in command. Responsible for the defense of the Siegfried Line in the vi ...
, a World War II field army
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5th Panzer Army
5th Panzer Army (german: 5. Panzerarmee) was the name of two different German armoured formations during World War II. The first of these was formed in 1942, during the North African campaign and surrendered to the Allies at Tunis in 1943. The ...
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Fifth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army based in Manchukuo from the Russo-Japanese War until the end of World War II. During World War II it was under the overall command of the Kwantung Army.
History
Russo-Japanese War
The Japane ...
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Fifth Army (Ottoman Empire)
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Fifth Army (Italy)
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5th Army (Russian Empire) The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.
Action
The 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa, (3–11 September 1914). Under the command of General Pavel Plehve, they advanced into a ...
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5th Army (Soviet Union)
The 5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army (5-я общевойсковая армия) is a Russian Ground Forces formation in the Eastern Military District.
It was formed in 1939, served during the Soviet invasion of Poland that year, and was deplo ...
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Fifth Army (United Kingdom)
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Fifth United States Army
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.
Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...
, another name for United States Army North
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5th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
The 5th Army was a Royal Yugoslav Army formation which commanded five divisions and two independent detachments during the German-led Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941 during World War II. It was commanded by General Vl ...
Sixth Army
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Sixth Army (Austria-Hungary)
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Sixth Army (France)
The Sixth Army (french: 6eme Armée) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.
World War I
The Sixth Army was formed 26 August 1914, composed of troops from various disparate French armies: two active army corps, ...
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6th Army (German Empire)
The 6th Army (german: 6. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 6 / A.O.K. 6) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the IV Army Inspectorate. The army was disbanded in 1919 during d ...
, a World War I field army
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6th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 6th Army was a field army unit of the German Wehrmacht during World War II (1939–1945). It was widely remembered for being the most highly decorated German army unit until its defeat by the Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad in the winte ...
, a World War II field army
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6th Panzer Army
The 6th Panzer Army (german: 6. Panzerarmee) was a formation of the German Army, formed in the autumn of 1944. The 6th Panzer Army was first used as an offensive force during the Battle of the Bulge, in which it operated as the northernmost element ...
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Sixth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army initially based in Manchukuo as a garrison force under the overall command of the Kwantung Army. At the end of World War II it was active in east China.
History
The Japanese 6th Army was initially ...
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Sixth Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Sixth Army of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''Altıncı Ordu'') was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the middle 19th century during Ottoman military reforms.
Formations Order of Battle, 1877
In 1877, it was sta ...
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Sixth Army (Italy)
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6th Army (Russian Empire)
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6th Army (Soviet Union)
The 6th Army is a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Army that was active with the Russian Ground Forces until 1998. It appears to have been reformed in 2010 as the 6th Combined Arms Army.
It was first formed in August, 1939 in the Kiev Sp ...
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Sixth United States Army
Sixth Army is a theater army of the United States Army. The Army service component command of United States Southern Command, its area of responsibility includes 31 countries and 15 areas of special sovereignty in Central and South America and ...
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6th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
Seventh Army
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Seventh Army (France)
The Seventh Army (french: VIIe Armée) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II. World War I
Created on 4 April 1915 to defend the front between the Swiss border and Lorraine, the Seventh Army was the successor of th ...
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7th Army (German Empire)
The 7th Army (german: 7. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 7 / A.O.K. 7) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the II Army Inspection. The army was disbanded in 1919 during demo ...
, a World War I field army
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7th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 7th Army () was a World War II field army of the German land forces.
History
Origins
The 7th Army was activated in Stuttgart on August 25, 1939 with General Friedrich Dollmann in command. At the outbreak of the war, the 7th Army defended ...
, a World War II field army
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Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Ottoman Seventh Army was a large military formation of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although designated as an army, at least by 1918, it was only of corps strength.
The Seventh Army was established in 1877 f ...
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Seventh Army (Italy) The 7th Army ( it, 7ª Armata) was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.
World War I
After the disastrous defeat at Caporetto (November 1917) the Italian Army was completely reorganized by Armando Diaz and the new ...
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7th Army (Russian Empire) A number of nations have a Seventh Army:
Germany
* 7th Army (German Empire), a World War I field army
* 7th Army (Wehrmacht), a World War II field army
Russia/Soviet Union
* 7th Army (Russian Empire)
* 7th Army (RSFSR)
* 7th Army (Soviet Un ...
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7th Army (Soviet Union)
The 7th Army (Russian: 7-я армия) was a Soviet Red Army field army during World War II, primarily against Finland. It was disbanded in 1944.
It first saw action in the 1939–40 Winter War against Finland. In November 1939, just befo ...
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Seventh United States Army
The Seventh Army was a United States army created during World War II that evolved into the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) during the 1950s and 1960s. It served in North Africa and Italy in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and Fran ...
, another name for United States Army Europe
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7th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
The 7th Army was a Royal Yugoslav Army formation raised prior to the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, during World War II. It consisted of two divisions, two brigade-strength mountain detachments, and a brigade-streng ...
Eighth Army
{{main, Eighth Army (disambiguation)
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Eighth Route Army
The Eighth Route Army (), officially known as the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, was a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party, nominally within the structure of the Chines ...
, a Chinese Communist force that fought against the Japanese during World War II
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Eighth Army (France)
The Eighth Army (french: VIIIe Armée) was a Field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.
During World War I, there were two 8th armies. The first was the former ''Détachement d'armée de Belgique'' (Army Detachment in Bel ...
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8th Army (German Empire), a World War I field army
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8th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 8th Army (German: ''8. Armee Oberkommando'') was a World War II field army. It existed twice during the war, in the invasion of Poland in 1939, and on the Eastern Front from 1943 onwards.
The 8th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with Gen ...
, a World War II field army
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Japanese Eighth Area Army
The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
History
The Japanese 8th Area Army was formed on November 16, 1942 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group for the specific task of opposing landings by Allied forces ...
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Ottoman Eighth Army
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Eighth Army (Italy) The 8th Army ( it, 8ª Armata) was a field army of the Royal Italian Army, which fought in World War I and on the Eastern Front during World War II.
World War I
After the disastrous defeat at Caporetto (November 1917) the Italian Army was compl ...
, during World War II another name for the ''Italian Army in Russia''
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Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
The Eighth Army was an Allied field army formation of the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns. Units came from Australia, British India, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Free French Forces ...
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Eighth United States Army
The Eighth Army is a U.S. field army which is the commanding formation of all United States Army forces in South Korea. It commands U.S. and South Korean units and is headquartered at the Camp Humphreys,[8th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Eight Army (8-я армия, ''8А'') was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.
Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District. The unit was disba ...]
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8th Army (Soviet Union)
The 8th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War.
Winter War
The 8th Army was formed in October 1939 (or 14 September 1939) from the Novgorod Army Operational Group of the Leningrad Military District with t ...
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8th Guards Army (Russia)
The 8th Guards Order of Lenin Combined Arms Army (abbreviated 8th CAA) is an army of the Russian Ground Forces, headquartered in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, within Russia′s Southern Military District, that was reinstated in 2017 as a successor ...
Ninth Army
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Ninth Army (France)
The Ninth Army (french: IXe Armée) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.
The Ninth Army, first named "détachement d'armée Foch", was formed for the first time on 29 August 1914, to fill the gap between the Fo ...
, a field army during World War I and World War II
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9th Army (German Empire)
The 9th Army (german: 9. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 9 / A.O.K. 9) 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 ...
, a World War I field army
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9th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 9th Army (german: 9. Armee) was a World War II field army. It was activated on 15 May 1940 with General Johannes Blaskowitz in command.
History
1940
The 9th Army first saw service along the Siegfried Line during its involvement in the inva ...
, a World War II field army
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Ninth Army (Ottoman Empire), a World War I field army
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Ninth Army (Italy)
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9th Army (Russian Empire) The Russian 9th Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.
Field management was established in August 1914.
The unit fought on the Southwestern Front from August 1914 to December 1916 and then on the Rom ...
, a World War I field army
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9th Army (Soviet Union)
The 9th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was a Soviet field army, active from 1939–43.
History
First formation
It was active during the Winter War against Finland as part of the Leningrad Military District, beginning operations at the e ...
, a field army active from 1939–43 and then after the war from 1966-1989
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Ninth Army (United Kingdom)
The Ninth Army was a field army formation of the British Army during the Second World War, formed on 1 November 1941 by the renaming of Headquarters, British Troops Palestine and Transjordan. The Ninth Army controlled British and Commonwealth lan ...
, a British Army formation during World War II
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Ninth United States Army
The Ninth Army is a field army of the United States Army, garrisoned at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. It is the United States Army Service Component Command of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM).
Activated just eight weeks bef ...
, used in Northwest Europe in 1944 and 1945
Tenth Army
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Tenth Army (France)
The Tenth Army (french: Xe Armée) was a Field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.
World War I
The Tenth Army, first called ''détachement d'armée Maud'huy'', was formed on 1 October 1914 during the Race to the Sea.
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10th Army (German Empire)
The 10th Army (german: 10. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 10 / A.O.K. 10) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I formed in January 1915 in Cologne. It served exclusively on the Eastern Front. It was dissolved on 6 January 1919 ...
, a World War I field army
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10th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 10th Army () was a World War II field army of (Germany).
A new 10th Army was activated in 1943 as part of Adolf Hitler's last stand, who saw action notably in late 1943 and early 1944 along the "Winter Line" at the Battle of San Pietro I ...
, a World War II field army
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Tenth Army (Japan)
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Tenth Army (Italy)
The 10th Army ( it, 10ª Armata) was a field army of the Royal Italian Army, which fought in World War I and in Italian North Africa during World War II.
World War I Formation
After the Battle of Caporetto (November 1917) the Italian Army (Reg ...
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10th Army (Russian Empire)
The 10th Army () was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War.
History
The 10th Army was formed on from reserve units of the Stavka of the Commander-in-Chief, part of the Northwestern Front, and initially includ ...
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10th Army (Soviet Union)
The 10th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was a field army active from 1939 to 1944.
History
The Army was formed in September 1939, in the Moscow Military District, and then deployed to the Western Special Military District. During the Soviet ...
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Tenth Army (United Kingdom)
The Tenth Army was a field army of the British Army during the Second World War created in Iraq and formed from the major part of "Paiforce" (Persia and Iraq Force). It was active in 1942 and 1943, and then disbanded.
In April 1941, British and ...
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10th Guards Army (Soviet Union)
The 10th Guards Army was a Soviet Guards formation which fought against Germany during World War II under the command of several generals. Formed in 1943, the army fought under various headquarters and ended the war besieging cut-off German force ...
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Tenth United States Army
The Tenth United States Army was the last army level command established during the Pacific War during World War II, and included divisions from both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps.
History
The headquarters of the Tenth Army was formed ...
Eleventh Army
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11th Army (German Empire)
The 11th Army (german: 11. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 11 / A.O.K. 11) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed in March 1915 in Kassel originally to serve on the Western Front but was transported to Galicia ...
, a World War I field army
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11th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 11th Army (german: 11. Armee) was a World War II field army.
History
The 11th Army was established on 5 October 1940 as "Kommandostab Leipzig", but changed its designation to Kommandostab München on 23 April 1941. It was restructured int ...
, a World War II field army
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11th SS Panzer Army __NOTOC__
The 11th SS Panzer Army (''SS-Panzer-Armeeoberkommando 11'') was not much more than a paper army formed in February 1945 by Heinrich Himmler while he was commander of Army Group Vistula.
The military historian Antony Beevor wrote that whe ...
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Eleventh Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
History
The Japanese 11th Army was formed on July 4, 1938 under the Japanese Central China Area Army for the task of conquering and occupying the central provi ...
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Eleventh Army (Italy)
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11th Air Army (Russia)
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11th Army (Russian Empire) The Russian 11th Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.
Field management was established in October 1914. The unit fought on the Southwestern Front during the entire war.
Commanders
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11th Army (Soviet Union)
The 11th Army was an army of the Red Army, formed four times. The first formation was a unit of the then newly created Soviet armed forces. It was formed by the Bolsheviks on October 3, 1918, from the Red Northern Caucasus Army. In February 1919 ...
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11th Army Group
The 11th Army Group was the main British Army force in Southeast Asia during the Second World War. Although a nominally British formation, it also included large numbers of troops and formations from the British Indian Army and from British African ...
(United Kingdom)
Twelfth Army
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12th Army (German Empire), a World War I field army
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12th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 12th Army (German: ''12. Armee'') was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht.
History
The 12th Army was activated on October 13, 1939, with General Wilhelm List in command. First seeing defensive action along the Siegfried Line, the arm ...
, a World War II field army
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Twelfth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
History
The Japanese 12th Army was formed on November 7, 1938 under the North China Area Army as a garrison force for the occupation the provinces North Chi ...
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12th Army (Russian Empire)
The 12th Army was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I that fought on the Eastern Front.
Its field headquarters was established in January 1915.
In August 1915, the entire staff of the 12th Army was replaced by that of t ...
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12th Army (Soviet Union)
The 12th Army was a field army of the Red Army formed multiple times during the Russian Civil War and World War II.
Civil War & Polish-Soviet War
The 12th Army (Russian Civil War 1st Formation) of the Soviet Red Army was first formed from So ...
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Twelfth Army (United Kingdom)
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Twelfth Army (Italy)
The Italian Twelfth Army was a French-Italian Army which fought in World War I in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
World War I
After the disastrous defeat at Caporetto (November 1917) the Italian Army was completely reorganized by Armando Diaz and ...
Thirteenth Army
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Thirteenth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
History
The Japanese 13th Army was formed on September 23, 1939, under the control of the China Expeditionary Army. It was based in Shanghai ...
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Japanese Thirteenth Area Army
The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final stages of World War II.
History
The Japanese 13th Area Army was formed on 1945-02-01 under the Japanese First General Army as part of the last desperate defense effort by ...
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13th Army (Russian Empire)
The 13th Army was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I.
The headquarters of the 13th Army was formed on 16 May 1915. The Army served as a link between the Northwestern and Southwestern fronts. When in August 1915, the N ...
Fourteenth Army
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14th Army (German Empire)
The 14th Army (german: 14. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 14 / A.O.K. 14) was an Field army, army level command of the German Army (German Empire), German Army in World War I formed in September 1917 in Krainburg for use against Italian Front (World ...
, a World War I field army
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14th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 14th Army (german: 14. Armee) was a World War II field army of the German Army.
History Poland
The 14th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General Wilhelm List in command and saw service in Poland until the end of the Polish campaign on ...
, a World War II field army
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Japanese Fourteenth Area Army
The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. It was originally the 14th Army, formed on November 6, 1941 for the upcoming invasion of the Philippines. It was reorganized in the Philippines on July 28, 1944, wh ...
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14th Army (Soviet Union)
The 14th Army was a field army of the Soviet Army, formed twice.
The army was first formed during the Winter War, in which two of its divisions fought in the Battle of Petsamo. After Operation Barbarossa, the army fought against German and Finn ...
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14th Guards Army
The 14th Guards Army () was a field army of the Red Army, the Soviet Ground Forces, and the Russian Ground Forces, active from 1956 to 1995. According to sources within the 14th Army, the majority of its troops came from the Pridnestrovian Moldavi ...
(Soviet Union)
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Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)
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Fourteenth United States Army, a World War II 'phantom' force
Fifteenth Army
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15th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 15th Army (German: 15. ''Armee'') was a field army of the German army in World War II.
History
The 15th Army was activated in occupied France on 15 January 1941 with General Curt Haase in command. It was tasked with occupation and defensive ...
, a formation of the German Army during World War II
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Fifteenth Army (Japan), a formation of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
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Japanese Fifteenth Area Army
The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the closing stages of World War II.
History
The Japanese 15th Area Army was formed on February 1, 1945 under the General Defense Command as part of the last desperate defense effort by t ...
, a formation of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
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15th Army Group
The 15th Army Group was an Army Group in World War II, composed of the British Eighth and the U.S. Fifth Armies, which apart from troops from the British Empire and U.S.A., also had whole units from other allied countries/regions; like two of ...
, a combined formation of the United Kingdom and United States armies during World War II
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Fifteenth United States Army, a formation of the United States Army during World War II
Sixteenth Army
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16th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 16th Army (german: 16. Armee) was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht.
History
It took part in the Battle of France. It was then deployed with Army Group North during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It f ...
, a unit of the German Army in World War II
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11th Guards Army
The 11th Guards Army () was a field army of the Red Army, the Soviet Ground Forces, and the Russian Ground Forces, active from 1943 to 1997.
History
World War II
For its prowess in battle, the second formation of the 16th Army was redesignat ...
(16th Army, Soviet Union), a unit of the Soviet Army from World War II through the Cold War
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Western Army (Russia)
The 16th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War era. It was originally formed as the Western Army (russian: Западная Армия) on November 15, 1918, by the Russian SFSR for the purpose of recovering territorie ...
(16th Soviet Army), a unit of the Soviet Army during World War I
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16th Army (People's Republic of China)
The 78th Group Army (), is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 78th Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of ...
, a unit of People's Republic of China which still active right now.
Seventeenth Army
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17th Army (German Empire)
The 17th Army (german: 17. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 17 / A.O.K. 17) was an army-level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed in France on 1 February 1918 from the former 14th Army command. It served exclusively on the West ...
, a World War I field Army
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17th Army (Wehrmacht)
The German Seventeenth Army () was a field army of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Operation Barbarossa
On 22 June 1941, the 17th Army was part of Army Group South when Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union. F ...
, a World War II field army
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Seventeenth Army (Japan)
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Japanese Seventeenth Area Army
The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final stages of World War II.
History
The Japanese 17th Area Army was formed on January 22, 1945 under the Imperial General Headquarters as the successor to the Chosen Army of Japan ...
during World War II (see
List of Armies of the Japanese Army)
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17th Army (Soviet Union)
The 17th Army of the Red Army was a Soviet field army. Formed in 1940, the army served in the Soviet Far East during World War II and fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945. It was disbanded postwar in mid-1946.
History
The 17 ...
Eighteenth Army
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18th Army (German Empire)
The 18th Army (german: 18. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 18 / A.O.K. 18) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed against France on 27 December 1917 from the former Heeresgruppe Woyrsch command. It served exclusi ...
, a World War I field Army
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18th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 18th Army (German: ''18. Armee'') was a World War II field army in the German ''Wehrmacht''.
Formed in November 1939 in Military Region (''Wehrkreis'') VI, the 18th Army was part of the offensive into the Netherlands (Battle of the Netherla ...
, a World War II field army
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18th Army (Soviet Union)
The 18th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was formed on 21 June 1941 on the basis of HQ Kharkov Military District and armies of the Kiev Special Military District.
The Army's commander in 1941 was General-Lieutenant Andrey Smirnov. The Army c ...
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Eighteenth Army (Japan)
The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
History
The Japanese 18th Army was formed on November 9, 1942, under the Japanese Eighth Area Army of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group for the specific task of opposi ...
Nineteenth Army
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19th Army (German Empire)
The 19th Army (german: 19. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 19 / A.O.K. 19) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed in France on 4 February 1918 from the former South Army command. It served exclusively on the Wes ...
, a World War I field Army
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19th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 19th Army (German: ''19. Armee'') was a World War II field army of the German Army.
History
Formed in August 1943 in occupied southern France from ''Armeegruppe Felber'' (the '' LXXXIII. Armeekorps''), the 19th Army defended southern Fran ...
, a World War II field army
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Nineteenth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.
History
The Japanese 19th Army was created on December 19, 1942 and assigned as a garrison force for the eastern portion of Japanese-occupied Netherlands East ...
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19th Army (Soviet Union)
The 19th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed in 1941 and active during the Second World War. The army was formed three times, although only two of its formations saw combat.
Its third formation was disbanded in June 1945 ...
Twentieth Army
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Twentieth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
History
The Japanese 20th Army was formed on September 10, 1941 under the Kwantung Army in Heilongjiang province in northern Manchukuo as a garrison and border ...
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20th Group Army
The 20th Group Army is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, stationed in the Jinan Military Region. It consists of two manoeuvre brigades with other attached or otherwise organic units. For some time after its format ...
- People's Liberation Army
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20th Guards Army
The 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (originally designated as the 4th Tank Army, 4th Guards Tank Army in 1945, 4th Guards Mechanised Army in 1946, and the 20th Guards Army in 1960 within the Soviet Ground Forces) is a field army. In 1991, after t ...
- Soviet Union and Russia
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20th Army (Soviet Union) The 20th Army was a field army of the Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.
First formation
The Army was first formed in the Orel Military District in June 1941. On 22 June 1941 the Army was part of the Reserve of the Su ...
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20th Mountain Army (Wehrmacht)
The German Lapland Army (''AOK Lappland'') was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was established in January 1942, and renamed the 20th Mountain Army (' ...
Twenty first Army
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21st Army (Wehrmacht)
See also
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* List of armies by country
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* List of formations of the United States Army
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List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel
Numbered armies
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