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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]
A corps usually included a light infantry battalion, a heavy artillery (Fußartillerie) battalion, an engineer battalion, a telegraph battalion, and a trains battalion. Some corps areas also disposed of fortress troops; each of the 25 corps had a Field Aviation Unit ( Feldflieger Abteilung ) attached to it normally equipped with six unarmed "A ...
A standard Imperial German division was organised into: Division HQ; Two infantry brigades organised into a brigade HQ and two regiments each (either of the line or light infantry), A cavalry brigade organised into a brigade HQ and two regiments; An artillery brigade organised into an HQ and two regiments
Infantry weapons. Mauser Gewehr 98 and bayonet. ... German Military Vehicles of World War II: An Illustrated Guide to Cars, Trucks, Half-Tracks, ...
242nd Infantry Division (German Empire) 243rd Infantry Division; 302nd Division (German Empire) A. Alpenkorps (German Empire) P. Polish Armed Forces (1917–1918)
Infantry regiments of the Prussian Army (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Regiments of the German Army in World War I" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The 1st Landwehr Division (1.Landwehr-Division) was an infantry division of the Imperial German Army during World War I.It was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 under the "Higher Landwehr Commander 1" (Höherer Landwehr-Kommandeur 1) and, initially, also referred to as the "Landwehr-Division Goltz" after its commander.
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (German: Deutsches Heer [7]), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia, and was dissolved in 1919, after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I (1914–1918).