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The XVIII Army Corps / XVIII AK (German: XVIII. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I.. As the German Army expanded in the latter part of the 19th century, the XVIII Army Corps was set up on 1 April 1899 in Frankfurt am Main as the Generalkommando (headquarters) for the district of Wiesbaden and the Grand Duchy of Hesse. [1]
On March 15, 1947 they were reassigned to EUCOM (European Command) in Frankfurt, 1948 moved from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, Campbell Barracks. On January 1, 1950 it was reorganized as USAREUR (United States Army Europe). USAREUR was subordinate to USEUCOM (United States European Command), since 1967 in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Patch Barracks.
The Overseas Weekly was an English-language newspaper published in Frankfurt, Germany, from 1950 to 1975.Its primary audience was American military personnel stationed in Europe, especially enlisted men and especially in Germany, reaching a circulation of about 50,000 copies a week.
A German army equipped, organized, and trained following a single doctrine and permanently unified under one command was created in 1871 during the unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia. From 1871 to 1919, the title Deutsches Heer (German Army) was the official name of the German land forces.
Army, Industry, and Labor in Germany, 1914–1918 (1966) Ferguson, Niall The Pity of War (1999), cultural and economic themes, worldwide; Hardach, Gerd. The First World War 1914-1918 (1977), economics; Herwig, Holger H. The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918 (1996), one third on the homefront; Howard, N.P.
The camps for Allied airmen were run by the Luftwaffe independently of the Army. Dulag Luft Oberursel, Frankfurt; Stalag Luft I in Barth [84] Stalag Luft II in Barth (Germany) and Łódź (Poland) [85] Stalag Luft III in Sagan (Żagań, Poland) [86] Stalag Luft IV in Groß Tychow (Tychowo, Poland) [87] Stalag Luft V in Halle/Saale
The Battle of Frankfurt was a three-day battle for control of Frankfurt am Main during World War II. The 5th Infantry Division conducted the main attack while the 6th Armored Division provided support. The city was defended by the LXXX Corps of the Seventh Army.
The German Army League: Popular Nationalism in Wilhelmine Germany (1990) Craig, Gordon A. "The World War I alliance of the Central Powers in retrospect: The military cohesion of the alliance." Journal of Modern History 37.3 (1965): 336–44. online; Craig, Gordon. The Politics of the Prussian Army: 1640–1945 (1964). Craig, Gordon.