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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]
German, Prussian, and Austrian war ensigns, including those called "Reichskriegsflagge " The term Reichskriegsflagge (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌkʁiːksflaɡə], lit. ' Imperial War Flag ') refers to several war flags and war ensigns used by the German armed forces in history. A total of eight different designs were used in 1848–1849 and between ...
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 ...
Reich war flag (Reichskriegsflagge) and marine jack: 1921–1933: Reich war flag: 1919–1921 (never used) Reich war flag (Reichskriegsflagge) 1903–1918 (1921) Reich war flag: 1892–1903: Reich war flag (Reichskriegsflagge) 1867–1892: Imperial Navy war ensign (Kriegsflagge) 1848–1852: War ensign of the Reichsflotte: 1895–1918: Naval ...
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.
The efficacy of the 5th Assault Battalions' tactics would later go on to inform German infantry doctrine during World War II, where many elements of "stormtrooper tactics" (such as the extensive use of both light and heavy machine guns and hand grenades) and were rolled into standard infantry units, with standard German squads consisting of a ...
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).
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.