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806:Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History
194:At the outset of war, the 4th Army, with the
257:Organization of 4th Army on 30 October 1918
808:. Vol. 2. ABC Clio. pp. 571–572.
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247:Order of Battle, 30 October 1918
240:Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht
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1154:1st Bavarian Reserve Division
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228:German spring offensive
224:Battle of Passchendaele
92:Battle of the Frontiers
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1086:16th Bavarian Division
1053:85th Landwehr Division
609:General der Infanterie
531:Noteworthy individuals
361:11th Bavarian Division
232:Hundred Days Offensive
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119:Second Battle of Ypres
97:Battle of the Ardennes
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1258:53rd Reserve Division
1197:11th Reserve Division
1192:23rd Reserve Division
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1164:52nd Reserve Division
1146:Guard Ersatz Division
1118:3rd Landwehr Division
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1090:36th Reserve Division
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495:11th Reserve Division
488:23rd Reserve Division
481:49th Reserve Division
458:52nd Reserve Division
384:16th Reserve Division
354:36th Reserve Division
342:13th Reserve Division
220:First Battle of Ypres
174:level command of the
124:Third Battle of Ypres
112:First Battle of Ypres
1463:Army Group Mackensen
1332:6th Reserve Division
1327:5th Reserve Division
1240:6th Cavalry Division
1235:3rd Cavalry Division
1169:6th Cavalry Division
1071:3rd Reserve Division
1063:Guards Reserve Corps
919:Imperial German Army
780:Ellis & Cox 1993
768:Ellis & Cox 1993
707:4th Army (Wehrmacht)
650:German general staff
598:Generalfeldmarschall
579:VI. Armee-Inspektion
575:VI Army Inspectorate
327:3rd Reserve Division
322:Guards Reserve Corps
1250:XXVII Reserve Corps
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288:2nd Naval Division
283:1st Naval Division
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184:VI Army Inspection
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1479:List of Divisions
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139:Abbreviation
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1377:D (Scholtz)
1372:C (Strantz)
1033:Naval Corps
923:World War I
333:two thirds
279:Naval Corps
180:World War I
176:German Army
82:World War I
78:Engagements
1500:Categories
1387:Lauenstein
1296:VIII Corps
915:Army level
849:. Helion.
732:References
678:Army Group
646:lieutenant
632:The later
555:Previously
536:Commanders
302:one third
1367:B (Gaede)
829:Cron 2002
792:Cron 2002
756:Cron 2002
744:Cron 2002
652:in 1918.
638:Wehrmacht
621:Resigned
552:Commander
544:4th Army
378:Division
297:Division
268:Division
218:" at the
170:) was an
158:‹See Tfd›
1458:Ober Ost
1319:IX Corps
1273:VI Corps
685:See also
656:Glossary
640:general
617:IV Corps
588:Albrecht
469:Division
467:Schützen
432:Division
402:Division
400:Landwehr
376:Landwehr
315:Division
313:Landwehr
295:Landwehr
274:4th Army
214:in the "
208:Ardennes
204:frontier
196:5th Army
153:4th Army
142:A.O.K. 4
134:Insignia
25:4th Army
22:4. Armee
1441:Related
1392:Woyrsch
428:Guards
190:History
50:Country
1417:Niemen
1382:Gronau
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628:Others
430:Ersatz
265:Corps
162:German
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42:Active
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1422:North
636:-era
311:85th
262:Army
1016:19th
1011:18th
1006:17th
1001:14th
996:12th
991:11th
986:10th
870:ISBN
851:ISBN
810:ISBN
549:From
398:3rd
172:army
151:The
72:Army
68:Type
1412:Bug
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981:9th
976:8th
971:7th
966:6th
961:5th
956:4th
951:3rd
946:2nd
941:1st
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676:or
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