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In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 110 regiments of cavalry. Some of these regiments had a history stretching back to the 17th century [2] but others were only formed as late as October 1913. [3] On mobilisation, they were joined by 33 reserve cavalry regiments, 2 landwehr cavalry regiments and 1 ersatz cavalry regiment was also ...
They were reorganised, receiving engineer companies and other support units from their corps, and giving up most of their cavalry to form cavalry divisions. 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 ...
Category: Cavalry divisions of Germany in World War II. ... 1st Cavalry Division (Wehrmacht) This page was last edited on 17 February 2024, at 15:38 (UTC). ...
The designation "Light" (leichte in German) had various meanings in the German Army of World War II. There were a series of 5 Light divisions; the first four were pre-war mechanized formations organized for use as mechanized cavalry, and the fifth was an ad hoc collection of mechanized elements rushed to Africa to help the Italians and ...
The division fought in the southern sector of the front, seeing action around the Berezina and Dniepr rivers, especially in efforts to clear the Pripet Marshes of by-passed Red Army units. It was withdrawn to France in November 1941 and its 17,000 horses were handed over to infantry divisions.
List of Imperial German cavalry regiments; ... List of World War II military units of Germany; List of German corps in World War II This page was ...
List of Imperial German cavalry regiments; 0–9. 20th (2nd Württemberg) Uhlans "King William I" 25th (1st Württemberg) Dragoons "Queen Olga"
This is a list of German military units during World War II which contains all military units that served with the German Armed Forces . Major units above corps level are listed here. For smaller units, see list of German corps in World War II and list of German divisions in World War II.