Its headquarters was located at Vittorio Veneto from 10 November 1917 until the army was disbanded on 22 January 1918.

After the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo, the Austro-Hungarians were exhausted and could not have withstood another attack.

To control these troops, a new 14th Army under General der Infanterie Otto von Below was concentrated between Tolmin and Bovec.

The German High Command decided to withdraw its forces again to use on other fronts.

The German troops remaining on the Italian front came under the command of 51st Corps until it was withdrawn in February 1918.