The 2nd Cavalry Division (''2. Kavallerie-Division'') was a unit of the
German
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Army
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in
World War I
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. The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I.
Combat chronicle
It was initially assigned to
II Cavalry Corps, which preceded the
1st and
2nd Armies on the Western Front. On 12 November 1914, it was transferred to Russia and then to Romania on 25 November 1916, returning to the West in December 1916. It served as a Frontier Guard on the Dutch border from 26 February 1917 to 10 September 1917; then it was again transferred to Russia and finally to the Ukraine in March 1918.
A more detailed combat chronicle can be found at the German-language version of this article.
Order of Battle on mobilisation
On formation, in August 1914, the component units of the division were:
*5th Cavalry Brigade (from
III Corps District)
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2nd (1st Brandenburg) Dragoons
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*8th Cavalry Brigade (from
IV Corps District)
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7th (Magdeburg) Cuirassiers "von Seydlitz"
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12th (Thuringian) Hussars
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*Leib Hussar Brigade (from
XVII Corps District)
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1st Life Hussars "Totenkopf"
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2nd Life Hussars "Queen Victoria of Prussia"
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Abteilung
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'' of the
35th (1st West Prussian) Field Artillery Regiment
*4th Machine Gun Detachment
*Pioneer Detachment
*Signals Detachment
**Heavy Wireless Station 1
**Light Wireless Station 5
**Light Wireless Station 6
*Cavalry Motorised Vehicle Column 2
See:
Table of Organisation and Equipment
Late World War I organization
About August 1916, the division was significantly restructured.
*Leib Hussar Brigade became independent on 20 August 1916
*5th Cavalry Brigade became independent on 8 August 1916
*8th Cavalry brigade was transferred to
1st Cavalry Division on 25 July 1916
*22nd Cavalry Brigade joined on 13 August 1916 from
3rd Cavalry Division
*25th Cavalry Brigade joined on 23 September 1916 also from
3rd Cavalry Division
*7th Bavarian Cavalry Brigade "Siebenburgische" joined (previously independent) and left again on 18 February 1918
Allied Intelligence rated the division as 4th Class. The organisation in 1918 was:
*22nd Cavalry Brigade
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5th (Rhenish) Dragoons "Baron Manteuffel"
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*25th Cavalry Brigade
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23rd Guards Dragoons (1st Grand Ducal Hessian)
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24th Life Dragoons (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian)
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*7th Bavarian Cavalry Brigade "Siebenburgische"
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4th Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "King"
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*Horse Artillery ''
Abteilung
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'' of the
15th (1st Upper Alsatian) Field Artillery
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Regiment
*2nd Pioneer Detachment
*7th Pioneer Detachment
*200th Bavarian TM Company
*21st Ambulance Company
*2nd MG Detachment
*3rd MG Detachment
*Attached
**4th Jager Battalion
**1st Cyclist Company, 3rd Jager Battalion
**2nd Cyclist Company, 3rd Jager Battalion
See also
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German Army (German Empire)
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (german: Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire. It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the l ...
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German cavalry in World War I
The history of the German Empire, German Cavalry in World War I is one of an arm in decline.
Pre-war
The peacetime Imperial German Army was organised as 25 Corps (Guards, I - XXI and I - III Bavarian) each of two Division (military), divisi ...
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German Army order of battle (1914)
This is the German Army order of battle on the outbreak of World War I in August 1914.
Commanders and locations of the German Army
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References
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Cavalry divisions of Germany in World War I
Military units and formations established in 1914
Military units and formations disestablished in 1919