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Regiments of the German Army in World War I (2 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations of Germany in World War I" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Battalions of World War I (3 C, 1 P) Divisions of World War I (11 C, 3 P) World War I orders of battle (37 P) Regiments of World War I (7 C, 2 P) A.
List of Imperial German artillery regiments; List of Imperial German cavalry regiments; List of Imperial German infantry regiments; German Army order of battle (1914) Imperial German Navy order of battle (1914)
Reserve divisions were also formed, Landwehr brigades were aggregated into divisions, and other divisions were formed from replacement (Ersatz) units. As World War I progressed, additional divisions were formed, and by wars' end, 251 divisions had been formed or reformed in the German Army's structure.
This is a list of Imperial German infantry regiments [1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 217 regiments of infantry (plus the instruction unit, Lehr Infantry Battalion). Some of these regiments had a history stretching back to the 17th Century, while others were only formed as late as October 1912. [2]
The High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte) was the primary formation of the Imperial German Navy, with its main element being the three operational battle squadrons to which the navy's battleships were assigned. The majority of units of the High Seas Fleet were stationed at Wilhelmshaven for operations in the North Sea.
During times of war in Germany, all military forces came under the direct command of the German Emperor, via Article 60 of the Constitution of the German Reich (1871). From 1871 to 1918, the forces of the Emperor included those of the kingdoms of Prussia , Bavaria , Saxony and Württemberg , with all other states commanded by, or merged with ...
The German Army constituted 11 cavalry divisions at the outbreak of war - the existing Guards Cavalry Division and 10 more formed on mobilisation. Each consisted of 3 cavalry brigades (6 regiments each of 4 squadrons), a horse artillery Abteilung (3 four-gun batteries), a machine gun detachment (company size, 6 MGs), plus pioneers, signals and ...