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Corps colours, or Troop-function colours (German: "Waffenfarben") were worn in the German Wehrmacht from 1935 until 1945 as discrimination criteria between several branches, special services, corps, rank groups, and appointments of the ministerial area, the general staff, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), up to the military branches of the Heer, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.
The line heavy cavalry regiments (cuirassiers and carabiniers) and all hussar formations, as well as the foot artillery companies, carried standards with similar inscriptions as the infantry while the line cavalry regiments of dragoons and the lancers and Chasseurs-à-Cheval, as well as the horse artillery, all had swallowtailed guidons. In ...
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With the withdrawal of Russia, Germany moved troops from the Eastern Front to reinforce the Western Front. This allowed them to take units out of the line for retraining as stormtroopers. On 21 March 1918, Germany launched Operation Michael, a major offensive, using the new tactics. Four successive German offensives followed and for the first ...
The Reichswehr-era 2nd Infantry Regiment, also previously headquartered at Allenstein, was used to form the personnel of the subsequent 2nd and 23rd regiments of the 11th Division. [ 2 ] : 237 The formation was officially redesignated "11th Infantry Division" on 15 October 1935.
Uhlan regiments were used in close attack or pursuit of an enemy. Lances adorned with banners and streamers were used when routing the enemy from the field. The troopers were also typically issued with a single action carbine rifle, a pistol and a dress sabre (which had the regiment, unit number and insignia engraved into the blade).
Regiments of Germany (5 C) S. ... Pages in category "Military units and formations of Germany" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 409 was a war-time formation in the German Imperial Army during the First World War. It was created on October 2, 1916 the redesignation of a pre-existing Ersatz unit called Abwehr-Regiment Hamburg, and the addition of two machine gun companies. The regiment was attached to the 405. Infanterie-Brigade of the 203.