8th Army (German Empire)
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The 8th Army was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the I Army Inspectorate. The army was dissolved on 29 September 1915, but reformed on 30 December 1915. It was finally disbanded in 1919 during demobilization after the war.
Staff of the 8th Army, First Battle of the Masurian Lakes.
Staff of the 8th Army, autumn 1914, Imperial Castle in Poznań.
Image: Usdau Stab der 8.Armee
Maximilian von Prittwitz
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Maximilian “Max” Wilhelm Gustav Moritz von Prittwitz und Gaffron was an Imperial German general. He fought in the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, and briefly in the First World War.
