The South Tyrolean Army Group (

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: ''Heeresgruppe Südtirol'') was an

army group An army group is a military organization consisting of several field army, field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods. It is usually responsible for a particular geographic area. An army group is the largest field organizatio ...

of the

Austro-Hungarian Army The Austro-Hungarian Army, also known as the Imperial and Royal Army,; was the principal ground force of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918. It consisted of three organisations: the Common Army (, recruited from all parts of Austria-Hungary), ...

, which operated in

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

against Italy, between 1 March 1917 and the end of

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. It was also called Army Group Conrad (

: ''Heeresgruppe Conrad'') and Army Group/Army Front Archduke Joseph (

: ''Heeresgruppe/Heeresfront Erzherzog Joseph'') after its commanders.

1917–1918

The Army Group participated in support of the German 14th Army during the

Battle of Caporetto The Battle of Kobarid (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Caporetto or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Italian front of World War I. The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central P ...

(October–November 1917) but it was badly defeated during the Battle of the Piave River (June 1918). The Army Group disintegrated during the

Battle of Vittorio Veneto The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought from 24 October to 3 November 1918 (with an armistice taking effect 24 hours later) near Vittorio Veneto on the Italian Front during World War I. After having thoroughly defeated Austro-Hungarian troops ...

(October–November 1918).

Composition

* Austro-Hungarian 10th Army ( Alexander von Krobatin) * Austro-Hungarian 11th Army (

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)

Commanders

* Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1 March 1917 – 14 July 1918) * Archduke Joseph August of Austria (15 July 1918 – 26 October 1918) * Alexander von Krobatin (26 October 1918 – 3 November 1918)

Sources

Austro-Hungarian Army, Higher Commands and Commanders
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