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Ninth Army

Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1914–1916Date range
3Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1914

Paul von Hindenburg9 October 1914

River Vistula · Warfare / World War, 1st

General Nikolai Ruzsky, commander of the Russian Northwest Front, brings up significant reinforcement against the Ninth Army, att this time Hindenburg learned of a planned Russian offensive into Silesia from a captured Russian soldier

Paul von Hindenburg31 October 1914

River Vistula · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Germans were unfamiliar with the land and unable to bring sufficient reinforcements to the Ninth Army, allowing Ruzsky to concentrate his front against Mackensen. On October 17, Hindenburg orders a retreat, and by the 31st the battle is over

Paul von Hindenburg11 November 1914

Lodz · Warfare / World War, 1st

Hindenburg moves the German Ninth Army, under General August von Mackensen, to the Polish sector

August von Mackensen11 November 1914

Lodz · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Battle of Lodz takes place from November 11 to December 6, 1914, near Lodz in Poland, fought between the German Ninth Army and the Russian First, Second, and 5th Armies, in appalling winter conditions. Mackensens Ninth Army strikes the one corps of Rennenkampfs First Army which was posted south of the Vistula and routed it, capturing 12,000 prisoners

1916

Eric von Falkenhayn27 September 1916

Hermannstadt · Warfare / World War, 1st

The German Ninth Army pushes back the Romanian forces during the Romanian Campaign

Eric von Falkenhayn1916

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army for the Romanian Campaign

Names involved

August von MackensenEric von FalkenhaynPaul von Hindenburg

Provenance

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