In 1914, von Strantz was commanding V Corps with headquarters in Posen. In peacetime the Corps was assigned to the VIII Army Inspectorate but on mobilisation V Corps was assigned to the 5th Army forming part of centre of the forces for the Schlieffen Plan offensive in August 1914 on the Western Front.[1]
Armee-Abteilung[2] Strantz (named for von Strantz while he was in command, but later renamed to Armee-Abteilung C) was formed on 18 September 1914 from the left (southern) wing of the 5th Army. It initially commanded V Corps and III Bavarian Corps, controlling half a dozen divisions. Strantz remained as commander of V Corps concurrently but was deputised in this post by a Divisional Commander.
Strantz remained as commander of the Armee-Abteilung until 2 February 1917 when he retired from active service (German: zur Disposition gestellt).[3]
^Cron 2002, p. 84 Armee-Abteilung or Army Detachment in the sense of "something detached from an Army". It is not under the command of an Army so is in itself a small Army.
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