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XV. Armeekorps.
The XV.AK was established on 3.20.1871 and was part of 5th Army Inspection. HQ in Strassburg i.E.
C.O. : Generalleutnant von Deimling
Chief of Staff : Oberst Graf von Waldersee
During WWI the XV.AK fought as a task force of the 7.Army at the Western Front. The divisions and corps unit were rotated constantly.
Composition : 30.ID, 39.ID and corps units. (Check 251 divisions).
The 7.Army was formed in Karlsruhe and utilized as the left wing of the Imperial Army on the Western Front 'til Sept.7th 1914 and afterwards moved to the center of the front.
AOK 7 was led by Generaloberst von Heeringen 'til August 28th 1916 and after the Aisne-Champagne battle by Generaloberst von Boehn.
HQ of AOK 7 in Laon since Sept.13th 1914, in Marle since March 14th 1917, back to Laon on June 2nd 1918 and in Marburg/Germany by the end of Nov.1918.
Source : Fuehrer durch Heer und Flotte 1914, Die Geschichte des Deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914-1918.
Klaus