| Commander-in-Chief |
|
| Field Marshal Helmuth, Count Moltke | 1914 |
| General Erich von Falkenhayn | 1914-16 |
| Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg | 1916-18 |
| Quartermaster General Erich Ludendorff | 1916-18 |
| General Wilhelm Groener | 1918 |
| First Army |
|
| General Alexander von Kluck | 1914-15 |
| General Max von Fabeck | 1915-16 |
| General Fritz von Below | 1916-18 |
| Second Army |
|
| Field Marshal Karl von Bulow | 1914-15 |
| General Fritz von Below | 1915-16 |
| General Max von Gallwitz | 1916 |
| General Georg von der Marwitz | 1916-18 |
| Third Army |
|
| General Max von Hausen | 1914-15 |
| General Karl von Einem | 1915-18 |
| Fourth Army |
|
| Field Marshal Albrecht | 1914-17 |
| General Friedrich Sixt von Armin | 1917-18 |
| Fifth Army |
|
| Crown Prince Wilhelm | 1914-16 |
| General Ewald von Lochow | 1916 |
| General Max von Gallwitz | 1916-18 |
| Sixth Army |
|
| Field Marshal Ruprecht | 1914-16 |
| General Otto von Below | 1917 |
| General Ferdinand von Quast | 1917-18 |
| Seventh Army |
|
| General Josias von Heeringen | 1914-15 |
| General Richard von Schubert | 1915-17 |
| General Hans von Bohn | 1917-18 |
| Eighth Army |
|
| General Max von Prittwitz und Gaffron | 1914 |
| Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg | 1914 |
| General Erich Ludendorff | 1914 |
| General Richard von Schubert | 1914-15 |
| General Otto von Below | 1915-17 |
| General Oskar von Hutier | 1917 |
| Ninth Army |
|
| Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg | 1914 |
| General Erich Ludendorff | 1914 |
| Field Marshal August von Mackensen | 1914-15 |
| General Erich von Falkenhayn | 1916-17 |
| Tenth Army |
|
| Field Marshal Hermann von Eichhorn | 1915 |
| General Erich von Falkenhayn | 1918 |
| Eleventh Army |
|
| Field Marshal August von Mackensen | 1915 |
| General Max von Gallwitz | 1915-16 |
| General A. von Winckler | 1916-17 |
| Twelfth Army |
|
| General von Steuben | 1917-18 |
| Fourteenth Army |
|
| General Otto von Below | 1917 |
| Seventeenth Army |
|
| General Otto von Below | 1918 |
| Eighteenth Army |
|
| General Oskar von Hutier | 1918 |
| Nineteenth Army |
|
| General Felix, Count Bothmer | 1918 |
