List of armies by number
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List of armies by number
This is a list of armies
arranged by ordinal number
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First Army
Second Army
Third Army
Fourth Army
Fifth Army
Sixth Army
Seventh Army
Eighth Army
Ninth Army
Tenth Army
Eleventh Army
Twelfth Army
Thirteenth Army
Fourteenth Army
Fifteenth Army
This is a list of armies
Army
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
arranged by ordinal number
Ordinal number
In set theory, an ordinal number, or just ordinal, is the order type of a well-ordered set. They are usually identified with hereditarily transitive sets. Ordinals are an extension of the natural numbers different from integers and from cardinals...
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First Army
- Australian First ArmyAustralian First ArmyThe name First Army was applied to at least two different Australian Army formations during World War II, both of them associated with Lieutenant General John Lavarack. In 1939, the name was used for a "skeleton", Militia formation based at Toowoomba, Queensland and comprising the 4th Division, 3rd...
- British First ArmyBritish First ArmyThe First Army was a field army of the British Army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. Despite being a British command, the First Army also included Indian and Portuguese forces during the First World War and American and French during the Second World War.-First World War:The...
- Canadian First Army
- German First ArmyGerman First Army-First World War:The 1st Army during World War I, fought on the Western Front and took part in the Schlieffen Plan offensive against France and Belgium in August 1914. Commanded by General Alexander von Kluck, the 1st Army's job was to command the extreme right of the German forces in attacking...
- Romanian First ArmyRomanian First ArmyThe 1st Infantry Division Dacica is one of the three major units of the Romanian Land Forces with its headquarters in Bucharest. Until June 15, 2008, it was designated as the 1st Territorial Army Corps "General Ioan Culcer" .On 22 June 1941, the 1st Infantry Division, under BG Emanoil Bârzotescu...
- Turkish First ArmyTurkish First ArmyThe First Army of the Republic of Turkey is one of the four field armies of the Turkish Army. Its headquarters is located at Selimiye Barracks in Istanbul. It guards the sensitive borders of Turkey with Greece and Bulgaria, including the straits Bosporus and Dardanelles...
- First United States Army
Second Army
- British Second ArmyBritish Second ArmyThe British Second Army was active during both the First and Second World Wars. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front and in Italy...
- German Second ArmyGerman Second ArmyThe 2nd Army was a World War I and World War II field army.-First World War:The 2nd Army during World War I, fought on the Western Front and took part in the Schlieffen Plan offensive against France and Belgium in August 1914...
- Hungarian Second ArmyHungarian Second ArmyThe Hungarian Second Army was one of three field armies raised by the Kingdom of Hungary which saw action during World War II. All three armies were formed on March 1, 1940...
- Turkish Second ArmyTurkish Second ArmyThe Second Army of the Turkish Army has the headquarters in Malatya. It protects Anatolia and it patrols the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran.- Order of battle, August 30, 1922 :On August 30, 1922, the Second Army was organized as follows:...
- Second United States Army
Third Army
- British Third ArmyBritish Third Army-First World War :The Third Army was part of the British Army during World War I and was formed in France on 13 July 1915. The battles it took part in on the Western Front included:*Battle of the Somme*Battle of Cambrai*Second Battle of Arras...
- German Third ArmyGerman Third ArmyThe 3rd Army was a German field army that fought during :World War I and :World War II.-World War I:Upon the mobilization Max von Hausen was given command of the 3rd Army which mainly consisted of Saxons. The army participated in the battle of the Frontiers, mainly in the battles of Dinant and...
- Romanian Third ArmyRomanian Third ArmyThe 3rd Army was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces active from the 19th century to the 1990s. It that fought as part of the German Army Group B during World War II, in Ukraine, Crimea, and the Caucasus...
- Turkish Third ArmyTurkish Third ArmyThe Turkish Third Army is a field army of the Turkish Army and is the country's largest army.In the days of the Soviet Union the Third Army was stationed on the Caucasus border to counter any Soviet attack by the Transcaucasus Military District. When the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union broke up...
- Third United States Army
Fourth Army
- British Fourth ArmyBritish Fourth ArmyThe Fourth Army was a field army that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. The Fourth Army was formed on 5 February 1916 under the command of General Sir Henry Rawlinson to carry out the main British contribution to the Battle of the Somme.-History:The Fourth...
- German Fourth ArmyGerman Fourth ArmyThe 4th Army was a field army of Imperial Germany during World War I and of the Wehrmacht during World War II-World War I:At the outset of war, the Fourth Army, with the Fifth Army, formed the center of the German armies on the Western Front, moving through Luxembourg and Belgium in support of the...
- Romanian Fourth ArmyRomanian Fourth ArmyThe 4th Infantry Division Gemina is one of three major units of the Romanian Land Forces, with its headquarters in Cluj-Napoca. Until June 15, 2008 it was designated as the 4th Territorial Army Corps "Mareşal Constantin Prezan" .-Structure in April 2007 :This structure was in force when the...
- Fourth United States Army
Fifth Army
- British Fifth ArmyBritish Fifth ArmyThe Fifth Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I and part of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.-History:...
- German Fifth ArmyGerman Fifth ArmyThe 5th Army was a field army of Imperial Germany during World War I and of the Wehrmacht during World War II.-World War I:In August 1914 the command of 5th Army was assigned to Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, heir to the Hohenzollern throne, with General Schmidt von Knobelsdorf serving as his...
- Ottoman Fifth Army
- Fifth United States Army
Sixth Army
- German Sixth ArmyGerman Sixth ArmyThe 6th Army was a designation for German field armies which saw action in World War I and World War II. The 6th Army is best known for fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad, during which it became the first entire German field army to be completely destroyed...
- Sixth United States Army
Seventh Army
- German Seventh ArmyGerman Seventh ArmyThe 7th Army was a World War I and World War II field army of the German land forces.-Origins:The 7th Army was activated in Stuttgart on August 25, 1939 with General Friedrich Dollmann in command. At the outbreak of the war, the 7th Army defended the German border and manned the Westwall in the...
- Seventh United States Army
Eighth Army
- British Eighth Army
- German Eighth ArmyGerman Eighth ArmyThe 8th Army was a World War I and World War II field army.-World War I:At the outbreak of World War I, the 8. Armee was stationed in East Prussia to defend against the expected Russian attack, Plan XIX. After the scrappy Battle of Gumbinnen, 8. Armee commander Generaloberst Maximilian von...
- Eighth United States Army
Ninth Army
- British Ninth Army
- German Ninth ArmyGerman Ninth ArmyThe 9th Army was a World War II field army.The 9th Army was activated on May 15, 1940 with General Johannes Blaskowitz in command.-1940:The 9th Army first saw service along the Siegfried Line when it was involved in the invasion of France...
- Ninth United States Army
Tenth Army
- British Tenth ArmyBritish Tenth ArmyThe Tenth Army was a unit of the British Army during World War II created in Iraq and formed from the major part of "Paiforce"...
- German Tenth ArmyGerman Tenth ArmyThe 10th Army was a World War I and World War II field army. During World War I the 10th army was stationed at the Eastern Front against Russia, and occupied Poland and Belorussia at the end of 1918 when the war ended....
- Tenth United States Army
Eleventh Army
Twelfth Army
- British Twelfth ArmyBritish Twelfth ArmyDuring the Second World War, two formations called the British Twelfth Army were created, the first was formed in the Middle East in early 1943 as part of the Operation Barclay deception plan, the second was created in Burma in May 1945....
- German Twelfth ArmyGerman Twelfth Army- History :The 12th Army was activated on October 13, 1939 with General Wilhelm List in command. First seeing defensive action along the Siegfried Line, the army was involved in the invasion and occupation of France...
Thirteenth Army
Fourteenth Army
- British Fourteenth ArmyBritish Fourteenth ArmyThe British Fourteenth Army was a multinational force comprising units from Commonwealth countries during World War II. Many of its units were from the Indian Army as well as British units and there were also significant contributions from West and East African divisions within the British Army.It...
- German Fourteenth ArmyGerman Fourteenth ArmyThe 14th Army was a World War II field army.The 14th Army was activated on August 1, 1939 with General Wilhelm List in command and saw service in Poland until the end of the campaign in Poland October 13, 1939...
- Fourteenth United States Army
Fifteenth Army
- * 15th Army (Germany)
- Fifteenth Army (Japan)Fifteenth Army (Japan)The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the World War II.-History:The Japanese 15th Army was formed on November 9. 1941 as a component of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group for the specific task of invading the British colony of Burma....
- Japanese Fifteenth Area Army
- 15th Army Group
- Fifteenth United States Army