Second Army (Austria-Hungary)

The Austro-Hungarian Second Army was an Austro-Hungarian field army that fought during World War I.

Actions

The Austro-Hungarian Second Army was formed in 1914 and was meant to participate in the Serbian Campaign.
But because of the severe defeat of the Third Army in the Battle of Gnila Lipa, it was urgently dispatched to the Russian Front in Galicia. It remained active on the Russian Front until the end of the war. After the Armistice with Russia and the occupation of Ukraine, the Second Army was disbanded in May 1918 and became an occupation army, named the k.u.k. Ost-Armee , under command of Alfred Krauss.

It participated in the

• Battle of the Vistula River (October 1914)
• Battle of the Carpathian Mountains (December 1914-March 1915)
• Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive (May-June 1915),
• Great Retreat (June-September 1915)
• Brusilov Offensive (June-September 1916)
• Kerensky Offensive (July 1917)
• Operation Faustschlag (February-March 1918)

Commanders

• Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli : August 1914 – May 1918
• Alfred Krauss : May 1918 – October 1918

Sources

• Austro-Hungarian Army, Higher Commands and Commanders