The ARMY

 

  
  

The German Imperial Army
 
 
in this section:
 
* Imperial Army:   organization,  orders of battle (2.8.1914),  wire diagrams
* Army units:   wartime commanders of field armies, corps, divisions;  regiments list
* Battles:   profiles of selected Great War battles
 

 
 
 

Imperial Army

 Order of Battle - 2.8.1914 Wire Diagrams
     
OHL:  War Ministry & General Staff  -  Aug 1914 1.AOK:    First Army Army Corps:  corps components
Generalstab:  history of Prussian General Staff 2.AOK:    Second Army Infantry Division 1914:  division component
Kriegsministerium:  history of the War Ministry 3.AOK:    Third Army Infantry Division 1915:  changes in 1915
Bayern:  Bavarian General Staff & War Ministry 4.AOK:    Fourth Army Cavalry Division:  cavalry components
Sachsen:  Saxon General Staff & War Ministry 5.AOK:    Fifth Army Artillery Brigade:  artillery components
Württemberg:   War Ministery 6.AOK:    Sixth Army Component Units:  army composition
Inspektion:  history of the Army Inspectorates 7.AOK:    Seventh Army  
Kavallerie-Inspektion:  Cavalry Inspectorates 8.AOK:    Eighth Army  
Mittelmächte:  Central Powers during ww1 HKKs:     Senior Cavalry Cdrs * German Military Glossary  A-J
Armeekorps:  Imperial Army Corps  -  Aug 1914   * German Military Glossary  K-Z
Kriegsakademie:  Prussian War Academy   * Great War Timeline
     
     
 
 
 

Army & Corps Commanders

Divisional Commanders Imperial Regiments
     
AOK a:  Field Armies 1 - 8 Infanterie a:  Infantry 1 - 35, Guards Infanterie:  Infantry 1 - 182, Guards
AOK b:  Field Armies 9 - 19 Infanterie b:  Infantry 36 - 123 Kavallerie:  Cavalry
Heeresgruppen West:  Army Groups West Infanterie c:  Infantry 183 - 303 Feld/Fussartillerie:  Field/Foot Artillery
Heeresgruppen Ost:  Army Groups East Reserve a:  Reserve Infantry 1 - 39 kgl Bayerische:  Royal Bavarian 
Armeeabteilungen:  Army Detachments Reserve b:  Reserve Infantry 43 - 82 Jäger & MG:  Jager & Machine Gun
Armeekorps:  Army Corps Kavallerie:  Cavalry 1 - 9 Pionier/Funk/Train:  Pioneers, Radio, etc
Reservekorps:  Reserve Corps kgl Bayerische:  Bavarian Infantry/Reserve  
HKKs:  Senior Cavalry Commanders Landwehr:  Landwehr 1 - 85  
Generalkommandos:  General Commands verschiedenes:  Alpenkorps, Navy, Ersatz  
     
 
 
 
1914 1915 1916 / 1917 1918
       
Liege:  1-16 Aug Neuve Chapelle:  10-13 Mar Verdun:  Feb-Dec German Offensives:
Frontiers:  14-25 Aug Second Ypres: Somme:  June-Nov Allied Offensives:
Gumbinnen:  17-20 Aug Artois:    
Tannenberg:  23-31 Aug Second Champagne: 1917  
Le Cateau:  26 Aug Loos: Arras:  
First Marne:  5-10 Sep Second Masurian: Second Aisne:  
First Aisne:  14-27 Sep Gorlice-Tarnow: Messines:  
First Ypres:  12 Oct - 30 Nov Brusilov Offensive: Passchendaele:  
Lodz:  11 Nov - 6 Dec   Cambrai:  
       
 
 

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