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This is a list of Imperial German artillery regiments [1] before and during World War I.In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 100 regiments of Field artillery (plus the Lehr instruction unit) and 24 regiments of Foot artillery (plus another Lehr instruction unit) who operated the heavier pieces.
' 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 1867–1871 and 1945. Today the term refers usually to the flag from 1867–1871 to 1918, the war flag of Imperial Germany.
The II Army Corps / II AK (German: II. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.. It was established on 3 April 1820 with headquarters initially in Berlin.
For few days, regiment commander had more firepower under his command than any ordinary infantry division commander. Finnish battlegroups were relatively short-period ad hoc, but very common phenomena, especially in 1941 and 1944. Field artillery and anti-aircraft artillery units created their own artillery battlegroups.
The flag was adopted on 6 August 1938 and used exclusively on motor vehicles. It had the same dimensions as below. 1941–1945: Command flag for the Chief of the Armed Forces High Command: Introduced 7 April 1941, following Keitel's promotion to field marshal on 19 July 1940. The flag was also used only on motor vehicles.
Its parent regiment is the 27th Field Artillery Regiment. First constituted during World War I as Battery B of the 27th Field Artillery, it remained stateside with the 9th Division. The battery was reactivated as part of the 27th in 1940 and served with the 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion during World War II with the 1st Armored Division.
The IV Army Corps / IV AK (German: IV. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.. It was established on 3 October 1815 as the General Command in the Duchy of Saxony (Generalkommando im Herzogtum Sachsen) and became the IV Army Corps on August 30, 1818.
After VE Day the units of 21st Army Group were engaged in occupation duties, disarming German troops and administering the British Zone of Allied-occupied Germany. 52nd (L) Division continued doing duty in British Army of the Rhine for some months while demobilisation got under way. 186th Field Regiment was disbanded on 7 November 1945. [1] [31]