The German Tenth Army (German: 10.Armee Oberkommando) was a World War II field army. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ...
The Tenth Army was activated on August 6, 1939 with General Walter von Reichenau in command. First seeing service in Poland until the capitulation of Polish forces on October 10, 1939. The army was then reformed in 1943 as part of the defence of Italy, seeing action notably at Monte Cassino, before finally surrending near the Alps. August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Field-Marshal Walther von Reichenau Walther von Reichenau (August 16, 1884 - January 17, 1942), German military commander, was the son of a Prussian general and joined the German Army in 1902. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The restored Abbey Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about eighty miles (130 km) south of Rome, Italy, a mile to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Cassinum having been on the hill) and about 1700 ft (520 m) altitude. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. ...
German Chief of Staff Erich von Falkenhayn strongly believed that the war was going to be won on the Western Front and was hesitant to lend support to Paul von Hindenburg, commander of the Eastern Front.
Facing Hindenburg was General Sievers' Russian TenthArmy in the area of the Masurian Lakes.
The greatest loss came when the Russian XX Corps, under General Bulgakov, had become surrounded by the GermanTenthArmy in the Augustow Forest; on February 21 the entire corps surrendered.
The plan was sanctioned by German Chief of Staff Erich Falkenhayn despite his reluctance to commit resources in the east - he firmly believed the war was to be won in the west.
Falling back, the Russians were attacked by the GermanTenthArmy - a newly created army sent to the east, consisting of eight divisions - on 9 February from the north, this time against their right flank.
Any further German progress eastwards was ended by an attack from the Russian Twelfth Army, under Wenzel von Plehve, on 22 February directed against the German right flank.
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