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unusual facts about 1st Army



Battle of Morval

The Battle of Morval, 25–28 September 1916, was an attack during the Battle of the Somme by the British Fourth Army on the villages of Morval, Gueudecourt and Lesboeufs held by the German 1st Army, which had been the final objectives of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15–22 September).

No. 232 Squadron RAF

It moved to North Africa in early December under the command of Archibald Winskill and immediately began undertaking ground attack and fighter operations in support of 1st Army, continuing this task until the end of the North African campaign.


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Kolchak army offensive

At January, 22, 1919 Red's 1st Army connected with Turkestan Army, advanced from the Middle Asia; at January, 24, Red's 4th Army captured Uralsk.

Milan Rađenković

The 1st Army was responsible for the area between the Danube and the Tisza.

Morava Offensive

In the beginning due to the harsh weather and the tough terrain the Bulgarian advance was slow but despite the desperate resistance of the defenders, there was a Bulgarian breakthrough near Pirot in 10 days and the Serbs retreated to the Timok and the Bulgarian 1st Army chased them.

Operation Nordwind

In February, with the assistance of the U.S. XXI Corps, the French 1st Army collapsed the Colmar Pocket and completely cleared the west bank of the Rhine River of German forces in the area south of Strasbourg.

Robert C. Richardson, Jr.

By now a temporary Lt Colonel, Richardson was Liaison Officer with Headquarters, 1st Army for the opening of Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Operations Officer Representative at Advance G.H.Q. With the end of hostilities, now a temporary colonel, Richardson joined the Reparations Board, Peace Commission, Paris from January 28 to February 28, 1919.

Samuel Lapham VI

During the war he served at Fort Moultire in Charleston and the 61st Artillery Brigade, 1st Army, American Expeditionary Forces in France.

T-155 Fırtına

The T-155 howitzers are built at the 1st Army Maintenance Center Command of the Turkish Army in Adapazarı.

Vasile Atanasiu

He then took command of the 1st Army, taking part in the battles on the Czechoslovakian front in the Javorina, between the rivers Hron and Morava and thereafter in Bohemia.