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Karl Kratky

Karl Kratky’s major command was the 106. Landsturm infantry division, which was usually held in reserve but saw some of the fiercest fighting a part of the II. Army.  He was promoted to Feldmarschalleutnant on 7 December 1917. GWS, 7/03

Orders of Battle:  Eastern Front, May 1915 Immediately preceding the Dunajec offensive VII. Armee, Gen. d. Kav. Frh. v. Pflanzer-Baltin    XIII. Korps, Gen. d. Inf. Frh. v. Rhemen        6. inf. div., Feldmlt. Fürst Schönburg                11. inf. brig., Genmj. v. Stöhr                12. inf. brig., Oberst Rudolf Müller                6. field art. brig., Genmj. Kratky Orders of Battle:  Eastern Front, August 1916 Army Group Erzherzog Karl, Feldmlt. Erzherzog Karl Franz Josef II. Armee, Generaloberst von Böhm-Ermolli    IV. Korps, Gen. d. Inf. Schmidt von Georgenegg        XIV. inf. div., Genmj. Horvath    V. Korps, Feldmlt. Goglia        XXXI. inf. div., Genmj. Lieb     Kosak Group, Feldmlt. Kosak        CVI. Landsturm inf. div., Genmj. Kratky Orders of Battle:  Moldavian Front, November 1916 Southern Front, Prinz Leopold von Bayern Böhm-Ermolli Army Group, Generaloberst von Böhm-Ermolli II. K.u.K. Armee, Generaloberst von Böhm-Ermolli    XVIII. K.u.K. Korps, Feldmlt. Czibulka        II. Deutsch kav. div., Genmj. von Etzel        I. Landsturm inf. div., Genmj. von Soretic        CVI. Landsturm inf. div., Genmj. Kratky         XXV. inf. div., Genmj. von Boog Orders of Battle:  Italian Front, late October 1917 Conrad Group, Feldmarschal Conrad von Hötzendorf XI. Army, Generaloberst Scheuchensteuel    Rayon V, Buchenstein-Kärntner Grenz, Feldmlt. von Steinhart        Reinforcements: CVI. Landsturm div., Feldmlt. Kratky Orders of Battle: Italian Front, early November 1917 Boroevic Armee Group, Generaloberst von Boroevic I. Isonzo Armee, Generaloberst von Wurm        CVI. Landsturm inf. div., Genmj. Kratky        LVIII. inf. div., Feldmlt. von Zeidler        LXIII. inf. div., Genmj. von Soretic        XIV. inf. div., Genmj. von Szende Orders of Battle:  Western Front, October 1918 Immediately before the armistice German Army covering Oberelsass to the Swiss border     XVIII. Army Corps, FML Ludwig Goiginger           1. inf. div., FML Metzger           35. inf. div., FML von Podhoránszky           37. Honvéd inf. div., FML Háber           106. Landstürm inf. div., FML Karl Kratky