Fifth Army may refer to:

Germany

5th Army (German Empire) The 5th Army (german: 5. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 5 / A.O.K. 5) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 seemingly from the VII Army Inspection. The army was disbanded in 1919 ...

, a World War I field Army *

5th Army (Wehrmacht) The 5th Army () was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II. History The 5th Army was established on 25 August 1939 in ''Wehrkreis'' VI with General Curt Liebmann in command. Responsible for the defense of the Siegfried Line in the vi ...

, a World War II field army *

5th Panzer Army 5th Panzer Army (german: 5. Panzerarmee) was the name of two different German armoured formations during World War II. The first of these was formed in 1942, during the North African campaign and surrendered to the Allies at Tunis in 1943. The a ...

* 5th Army (GDR), a

Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact (WP) or Treaty of Warsaw, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republic ...

field army in the

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

to be activated in case of a war with NATO

Russia/USSR

5th Army (Russian Empire) The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war. Action The 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa, (3–11 September 1914). Under the command of General Pavel Plehve, they advanced into a f ...

5th Army (RSFSR) The 5th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. The 5th Army was formed four times. The first formation was between the beginning of March 1918 and April as a reaction to the Austro-German occupation of Ukraine. The sec ...

5th Army (Soviet Union) The 5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army (5-я общевойсковая армия) is a Russian Ground Forces formation in the Eastern Military District. It was formed in 1939, served during the Soviet invasion of Poland that year, and was depl ...

5th Combined Arms Army The 5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army (5-я общевойсковая армия) is a Russian Ground Forces formation in the Eastern Military District. It was formed in 1939, served during the Soviet invasion of Poland that year, and was depl ...

(Russian Federation)

Others

5th Army (Austria-Hungary) The Austro-Hungarian Fifth Army was an Austro-Hungarian field army that fought during World War I. Actions The Fifth Army was formed in 1914 as part of Austro-Hungarian mobilization following its declaration of war on Serbia and Russia. The F ...

Fifth Army (Bulgaria) The Bulgarian Fifth Army was a Bulgarian field army during the Second Balkan War and World War II. First Formation The Fifth Army was formed in May 1913 under the name of the ''First Reserve Army'', comprising two infantry divisions, the 12th ...

Fifth Army (Nationalist China) Fifth Army may refer to: Germany * 5th Army (German Empire), a World War I field Army * 5th Army (Wehrmacht), a World War II field army * 5th Panzer Army * 5th Army (GDR), a Warsaw Pact field army in the Cold War to be activated in case of a wa ...

, see

88th Division (National Revolutionary Army) The 88th Division () was a German-trained and reorganized division in the National Revolutionary Army. First Battle of Shanghai The division was present at the First Battle of Shanghai in 1932 under the command of General Yu Jishi as part of t ...

Fifth Army (France) The Fifth Army (french: Ve Armée) was a fighting force that participated in World War I. Under its commander, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, it led the attacks which resulted in the victory at the First Battle of the Marne in 1914. World War I C ...

Fifth Army (Japan) The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army based in Manchukuo from the Russo-Japanese War until the end of World War II. During World War II it was under the overall command of the Kwantung Army. History Russo-Japanese War The Japanese 5 ...

Fifth Army (Ottoman Empire) The Fifth Army of the Ottoman Empire or Turkish Fifth Army was formed on March 24, 1915, and dissolved on November 21, 1918. It was assigned the responsibility of defending the Dardanelles straits in World War I. The original commander of the arm ...

Fifth Army (United Kingdom) The Fifth Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918. The army originated as the Reserve Corps during the preparations for the Brit ...

Fifth United States Army Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash that ...

Fifth Army (Italy) The 5th Army ( it, 5ª Armata) was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army. World War I In World War I the 5th Army was created on 25 May 1916 to help stop the Austrian Trentino Offensive. It was again disbanded on 2 Ju ...

5th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) The 5th Army was a Royal Yugoslav Army formation which commanded five divisions and two independent detachments during the German-led Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941 during World War II. It was commanded by General Vlad ...

Special Frontier Force The Special Frontier Force (SFF) is an Indian special operations unit created on 14 November 1962. It mainly comprised Tibetan refugees living in India. Now it has increased in size and scope of operations. Its primary goal originally was to ...

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