This is the German Army order of battle on the outbreak of

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in August 1914.

Commanders and locations of the German Army

The overall commander of the Imperial German Army was Kaiser

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. The Chief of the General Staff was Generaloberst

Helmuth von Moltke the Younger Graf Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke (; 25 May 1848 – 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general and Chief of the Great German General Staff. He was also the nephew of '' Generalfeldmarschall'' ''Graf'' Helmuth ...

, with General Hermann von Stein as

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. The Departmental chiefs were Oberst Tappen (Operations Branch), Oberstleutnant Hentsch (Intelligence Branch), Major Nicolai (Secret Service), Oberst von Dommes (Political Section), Generalleutnant Siger (Field munitions), Major Thomsen (Air Service), Oberst Groner (Field Railways), General von Lauter(Foot Artillery), General von Claer was General of Engineers, and General von Schjerning (Medical Services). Generalmajor von Schoeler was Intendant-General (responsible for logistical supplies). File:Vonmoltke.jpg, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger File:Karte Divisionsstandorte des Deutschen Heers 1914.png, Location of the German divisions 1914 File:Karte Brigadestandorte des Deutschen Heers 1914.png, Location of the German brigades 1914

Homeland corps deployments (1871-1914)

During times of war in Germany, all military forces came under the direct command of the German Emperor, via Article 60 of the Constitution of the German Reich (1871). From 1871 to 1918, the forces of the Emperor included those of the kingdoms of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

and

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, with all other states commanded by, or merged with his Prussian army. File: Battle of Frontiers - Map.jpg, Battle of the Frontiers - 2 August to 26 August 1914. File:Deutsche Korpsbereiche 1914.jpg, German corps areas 1914 File:Aufmarsch im Westen 1914.jpg, March in the West File:Lage im Osten 1914.jpg, Situation in East File:Aufmarsch 1914.jpg, March Württ. Troops 1914 File:7. Armee August 1914.jpg, 7th German Army in August 1914 File:6. Armee August 1914.jpg, 6th Army August 1914 File:5. Armee August 1914.jpg, 5th Army August 1914 File:XIII. A.K. Longwy 1914.jpg, XIII. AK Longwy 1914 File:XIII. A.K. Maas 1914.jpg, XIII. AK Maas 1914 File:XIII. A.K. Sommaisne 1914.jpg, XIII. AK Argonne 1914 File:26.Kav.Brig 1914.jpg, 26th Kav.Brig 1914 File:26. und 28. Württ. Res.-Div. 1914.jpg, 26th (Württ) and 28th Württ. Res Div. End September 1914 File:Lw.-Regt. 122 Lothringen 1914.jpg, Lw-Regt. 122 Lorraine 1914 File:51. Ers.Brig. 1914.jpg, 51st Ers.Brig 1914 File:26.Inf.Div und 26. Kav.Brig Lille 1914.jpg, 26th Inf Div. and 26th Cavalry Brig. 1914 File:26. Inf.Div. Polen 1914.jpg, 26th Inf.-Div. and FArt-Regt. 13 Poland 1914 File:Württ. Verbände Westfront 1914.jpg, Württ. units at Western Front in late 1914 File:Württ. Verbände Ostfront 1914.jpg, Württ. units at Eastern Front in late 1914

Western Front

Cavalry

Four independent cavalry corps served on the Western Front. These had the following order of battle: I Cavalry Corps (preceding 3rd Army) Commander: General der Kavallerie Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen Chief of Staff: Oberst von Raumer * Guards Cavalry Division (General Adolf von Storch) * 5th Cavalry Division (General Karl von Ilsemann) II Cavalry Corps (preceding 1st and 2nd Armies) Commander: General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz Chief of Staff: Major Hoffmann von Waldau * 2nd Cavalry Division (General Friedrich FH von Krane) * 4th Cavalry Division (General Otto von Garnier) * 9th Cavalry Division (General Karl Hans von Bülow) III Cavalry Corps (preceding 6th Army) Commander: General der Kavallerie Rudolf Ritter von Frommel Chief of Staff: Major von Meiß * 7th Cavalry Division (General Ernst von Heydebreck) * 8th Cavalry Division (General Günther Graf von der Schulenburg-Hehlen) * Bavarian Cavalry Division (Generalleutnant Otto von Stetten) IV Cavalry Corps (preceding 4th and 5th Armies) Commander: General der Kavallerie Gustav Freiherr von Hollen Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant

Otto von Brandenstein Otto Freiherr von Brandenstein (21 October 1865 – 8 May 1945) was a German officer. He joined the Prussian Army in 1885 and was promoted to oberstleutnant in 1913. During World War I, Brandenstein served in the Western Front as a staff officer u ...

* 3rd Cavalry Division (General Kurt von Unger) * 6th Cavalry Division (General Egon Graf von Schmettow) Each Cavalry Division consisted of 3 Brigades, each of 2 Cavalry Regiments (24 squadrons total), 3 horse artillery batteries (4 guns each) and an MG detachment (6 MGs).

First Army

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had the following order of battle: Commander:

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Alexander von Kluck Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (20 May 1846 – 19 October 1934) was a German general during World War I. Early life Kluck was born in Münster, Westphalia on 20 May 1846. He was the son of architect Karl von Kluck and his wife Elisabeth ...

Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl Oberquartiermaster: Oberst Walter von Bergmann HQ: Grevenbroich,

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Strength: 320,000

II Corps

Commander:

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Alexander von Linsingen Chief of Staff: Oberst Hans von Hammerstein-Gesmold * 3rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Kurt Eduard von Trossel) * 4th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Günther von Pannewitz)

III Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

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Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant

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* 5th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg Wichura) * 6th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Richard Herhudt von Rohden)

IV Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

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Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Leo von Stocken * 7th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Johannes Riedel) * 8th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg Karl August Hildebrandt)

IX Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Ferdinand von Quast Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans Sydow * 17th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Arnold von Bauer) * 18th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Max von Kluge)

III Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

Hans von Beseler Hans Hartwig von Beseler (27 April 1850 – 20 December 1921) was a German colonel general. Biography Beseler was born in Greifswald, Pomerania. His father Georg Beseler, was a law professor at the University of Greifswald. He entered the P ...

Chief of Staff: Oberst Paul Meister * 5th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Richard Voigt) * 6th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Emil von Schickfus und Neudorf)

IV Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Artillerie Hans von Gronau Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von der Heyde * 7th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Bogislav Graf von Schwerin) * 22nd Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Otto Riemann)

Other Forces

* 10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Werner von Lenthe) * 11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Oberst Hans von Tippelskirch) * 27th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Viktor Dallmer) * ''Pionier'' Regiment

Second Army

2nd Army had the following order of battle: Commander: Generaloberst Karl von Bülow Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Otto von Lauenstein Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor

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HQ:

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Strength: 260,000

Guards Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Karl von Plettenberg Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg * 1st Guards Infantry Division (Generalleutnant

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) **1st Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich Leopold von Kleist) **2nd Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Karl Schach von Wittenau) **1st Guards Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Buddenbrock) **Leib-Garde-Husaren-Regiment (Oberst Georg von Brandenstein) * 2nd Guards Infantry Division (Generalleutnant

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) **3rd Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Viktor Albrecht) **4th Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Gontard) **2nd Guards Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Joseph Trimborn) **2. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment (Oberstleutnant Leopold von Maltzahn)

VII Corps 7th Corps, Seventh Corps, or VII Corps may refer to: * VII Corps (Grande Armée), a corps of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VII Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * VII ...

Commander: General der Kavallerie

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Chief of Staff: Oberst Hans von Wolff * 13th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Kurt von dem Borne) * 14th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Paul Fleck)

X Corps 10th Corps, Tenth Corps, or X Corps may refer to: France * 10th Army Corps (France) * X Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars Germany * X Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * ...

Commander: General der Infanterie

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Chief of Staff: Oberst Gustav von der Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff * 19th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Max Hofmann) * 20th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Alwin Schmundt)

Guards Reserve Corps The Guards Reserve Corps (german: Garde-Reserve-Korps / Garde RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. Formation Guards Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of th ...

Commander: General der Artillerie

Max von Gallwitz Max Karl Wilhelm von Gallwitz (2 May 1852 – 18 April 1937) was a German general from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia, who served with distinction during World War I on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. Biography Gallwitz grew up in a Cathol ...

Chief of Staff: Oberst Paul von Barttenwerffer *

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(Generalleutnant Henning von Bonin) **

5th Guards Infantry Brigade The 5th Guards Infantry Brigade (German: 5. Garde-Infanterie-Brigade) was a unit in the Imperial German Army prior to and during the First World War. At the outbreak of war, it was part of the 3rd Guards Infantry Division of the Guards Reserve Co ...

(Generalmajor Nikolaus von Below) ** 6th Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Friedeburg) ** 3rd Guards Reserve Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Willibald Graf von Schweinitz und Krain Frh von Kauder) ** Guards-Reserve-Ulanen-Regiment (Major Johan Cesar Godefroy-Faerber) * 1st Guards Reserve Division (Generalmajor Viktor Albrecht) ** 1st Guards Reserve Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Frh von Langermann und Erlenkamp) *** Garde-Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 1 (Oberstleutnant Max Friedrich von Schlechtendal) *** Garde-Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 2 (Oberstleutnant Wigand von Cramer) *** Garde-Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon (Major von Gluszewski) ** 15th Reseve Infantry Brigade (Oberst Hans von Below) *** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 64 (Oberstleutnant Rudolf von Cramer) *** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 93 (Oberst von Jena) ** Guards Reserve Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Louis Mertens) *** Garde-Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment (Oberstleutnant von Bülow) *** 3. Garde-Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment (Oberstleutnant Goling) ** Garde-Reserve-Dragoner-Regiment (Major von Hofmann)

VII Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

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Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans Hesse * 13th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Alfred von Kühne) ** 25th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Generalleutnant Andreas Wilhelm von Harbou) *** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 13 (Oberstleutnant Johann Edler und Ritter von Braun) *** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 56 (Oberstleutnant von Goetze) ** 28th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Karl Johann Neuhauß) *** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 29 (Oberstleutnant Eben) *** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 37 (Oberstleutnant von Flottwell) *** Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 7 (Hauptmann von der Groeben) ** Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 13 (Oberstleutenant Reinecke) ** Reserve-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 (Major Hugo von Kayser) * 14th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Wolfgang von Unger) ** 28th Infantry Brigade (Oberst Hermann von Ziegesar) *** Niederrheinisches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 39 (Oberst Walter von Schönberg) *** 8. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 159 (Obserst Karl von Kraewel) ** 27th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Generalleutnant Edwin Sunkel) *** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 16 (Oberstleutnant Siegener) *** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 53 (Oberstleutnant Bötterling) ** Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 14 (Major Wendt) ** Reserve-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 8 (Major Heyne)

X Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Günther Graf von Kirchbach Chief of Staff: Oberst Gottfried Marquard * 2nd Guards Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Richard von Süßkind) * 19th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant

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Other Forces

* 25th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Georg Franz von Glasenapp) * 29th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Viktor von Rosenberg-Lipinski) * 4 Mortar Battalions * 10-cm Gun Battalion * 2 Heavy Coastal Mortar Batteries * 2 ''Pionier'' Regiments

Third Army

3rd Army had the following order of battle: Commander: Generaloberst

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Chief of Staff: Generalmajor

Ernst von Hoeppner Ernst Wilhelm Arnold von Hoeppner (14 January 1860 – 26 September 1922) was a Prussian cavalry officer who served as the Commanding General of the German Air Service (''Luftstreitkräfte'') during World War I. Early life and military ...

Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Max Leuthold Commander of Pioniere: Generalmajor Franz Adams HQ: Prüm,

Strength: 180,000

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Commander: General der Infanterie Otto von Plüskow Chief of Staff: Oberst

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* 22nd Infantry Division (Generalmajor Karl Dieffenbach) ** 43rd Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Walter von Hülsen) ** 44th Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Theodor Nordbeck) ** 22nd Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Karl Max Gronau) * 38th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Ernst Wagner) ** 76th Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Fritz von Versen) ** 83rd Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Thilo von Hanstein) ** 38 Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Otto Krahmer) **

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(Oberst Alexander von Poten)

XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps The XII (1st Royal Saxon) Army Corps / XII AK (german: XII. (I. Königlich Sächsisches) Armee-Korps) was a Saxon corps level command of the Saxon and German Armies before and during World War I. The Corps was formed as the Royal Saxon Corps on ...

Commander: General der Infanterie Karl d'Elsa Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant

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* 23rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Karl von Lindeman) * 32nd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Horst Edler von der Planitz)

XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps The XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Army Corps / XIX AK (german: XIX. (II. Königlich Sächsisches) Armee-Korps) was a Kingdom of Saxony, Saxon corps level command of the German Empire, German German Army (German Empire), Army, before and during World War I. ...

Commander: General der Kavallerie

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Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Georg Frotscher * 24th Infantry Division * 40th Infantry Division

XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps The XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps (german: XII. (Königlich Sächsisches) Reserve-Korps / XII RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. Formation XII Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as ...

Commander: General der Artillerie

Hans von Kirchbach Rudolph Bodo Hans von Kirchbach (born 22 June 1849 in Auerbach (Vogtland) – died 23 July 1928 in Dresden) was a Royal Saxon army officer who was a Generaloberst in the First World War and awarded the Pour le Mérite. Life and military career He ...

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Konrad von Koppenfels * 23rd Reserve Division * 24th Reserve Division

Other Forces

* 47th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalleutnant ch. Carlotto Graf Vitzthum von Eckstaedt) * Mortar Battalion * ''Pionier'' Regiment

Fourth Army

4th Army had the following order of battle: Commander: Generaloberst

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Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant

Walther von Lüttwitz Walther Karl Friedrich Ernst Emil Freiherr von Lüttwitz (2 February 1859 – 20 September 1942) was a German general who fought in World War I. Lüttwitz is best known for being the driving force behind the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920 w ...

Oberquartiermaster: Oberst Georg Weidner HQ:

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Strength: 180,000

VI Corps 6 Corps, 6th Corps, Sixth Corps, or VI Corps may refer to: France * VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VI Corps (Grande Armée), a formation of the Imperial French army du ...

Commander: General der Infanterie

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Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von Derschau * 11th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Richard von Webern) * 12th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant

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VIII Corps 8th Corps, Eighth Corps, or VIII Corps may refer to: * VIII Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VIII Army Corps (German Confederation) * VIII Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Ar ...

Commander:

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Erich Tülff von Tschepe und Weidenbach Chief of Staff: Oberst August von Cramon * 15th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Julius Riemann) * 16th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg Fuchs)

XVIII Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Dedo von Schenck Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Leberecht von Blücher * 21st Infantry Division (Generalmajor Ernst von Oven) * 25th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Viktor Kühne)

VIII Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

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Chief of Staff: Oberst Carl Julius Georg Buchholtz * 15th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Eberhard von Kurowski) * 16th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Wilhelm Mootz)

XVIII Reserve Corps

Commander: Generalleutnant

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Chief of Staff: Oberst Fritz von Studnitz * 21st Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Hermann von Rampacher) * 25th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Alexander Torgany)

Other Forces

* 49th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Hans von Blumenthal) * 2 Mortar Battalions * ''Pionier'' Regiment

Fifth Army

5th Army had following Order of Battle: Commander: Generalmajor

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Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant

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Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Rogalla von Bieberstein HQ:

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Strength: 200,000

V Corps 5th Corps, Fifth Corps, or V Corps may refer to: France * 5th Army Corps (France) * V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * V Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Ar ...

Commander: General der Infanterie

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Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Kessel * 9th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Eduard von Below) * 10th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant

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XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps The XIII (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps / XIII AK (german: XIII. (Königlich Württembergisches) Armee-Korps) was a corps of the Imperial German Army. It was, effectively, also the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg, which had been integrated in ...

Commander: General der Infanterie

Max von Fabeck Herrmann Gustav Karl Max von Fabeck (6 May 1854 – 16 December 1916) was a Prussian military officer and a German '' General der Infantarie'' during World War I. He commanded the 13th Corps in the 5th Army and took part in the Race to the Sea on ...

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich Karl von Loßberg * 26th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant

Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach (''Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius''; German: '' Fürst Wilhelm von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, 2. Herzog von Urach''; 30 May 1864 – 24 March 1928), was a German prince ...

) * 27th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Franz Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth)

XVI Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

Bruno von Mudra Karl Bruno Julius Mudra, from 1913 von Mudra (1 April 1851, in Bad Muskau – 21 November 1931, in Zippendorf) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves. Mudra ...

Chief of Staff: Oberst Rudolf von Borries * 33rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Franz von Reitzenstein) * 34th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Walter von Heinemann)

V Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

Erich von Gündell Erich Gustav Wilhelm Theodor Gündell, from 1901 named von Gündell, (13 April 1854 in Goslar – 23 December 1924 in Gottingen) was a Prussian officer, most noted as a general of infantry in World War I. Military career Erich Gündell began his m ...

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Ernst von Stockhausen * 9th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz) * 10th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Hermann von Wartenberg)

VI Reserve Corps The VI Reserve Corps (german: VI. Reserve-Korps / VI RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. Formation VI Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of the Army. It ...

Commander: General der Infanterie Konrad von Goßler Chief of Staff: Oberst Richard von Rath * 11th Reserve Division (Generalmajor Karl Suren) * 12th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Hinko von Lüttwitz)

Other Forces

* Senior Landwehr Commander 2 (2nd Landwehr Division) (Generalleutnant Adolf Franke) ** 43rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalleutnant Friedrich Wilhelm von der Lippe) ** 45th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalmajor Ludolf von Bosse) ** 53rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalmajor Hermann von Oßwald) ** 9th Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalmajor Bernhard Kießling) ** 13th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalmajor Georg Saenger) * 4 Mortar Battalions * 2 ''Pionier'' Regiments

Sixth Army

6th Army had the following Order of Battle: Commander: Generaloberst

Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by (the) Rhine (''Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand''; English: ''Robert Maria Leopold Ferdinand''; 18 May 1869 – 2 August 1955), was the last hei ...

Chief of Staff: Generalmajor

Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen (24 November 1862 – 21 February 1953) was a Bavarian Army general in World War I. He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Bavarian Army before World War I and commanded the elite Alpenkorps, the Im ...

Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Bernhard von Hartz HQ:

Saint-Avold Saint-Avold (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Sänt Avuur'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated twenty-eight miles (45 km) east of Metz, France and seventeen miles (27 km) southwest ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Strength: 220,000

XXI Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

Fritz von Below Fritz Theodor Carl von Below (23 September 1853 – 23 November 1918) was a Prussian general in the German Army during the First World War. He commanded troops during the Battle of the Somme, the Second Battle of the Aisne, and the German spri ...

* 31st Infantry Division * 42nd Infantry Division

I Bavarian Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Oskar Ritter und Edler v. Xylander * 1st Bavarian Infantry Division * 2nd Bavarian Infantry Division

II Bavarian Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

Karl Ritter von Martini Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

* 3rd Bavarian Infantry Division * 4th Bavarian Infantry Division

III Bavarian Corps

Commander: General der Kavallerie Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel * 5th Bavarian Infantry Division * 6th Bavarian Infantry Division

I Bavarian Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Karl Ritter von Fasbender * 1st Bavarian Reserve Division * 5th Bavarian Reserve Division

Other Forces

* Guards Ersatz Division * 4th Ersatz Division * 8th Ersatz Division * 10th Ersatz Division * 5th Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade * 3 Mortar Battalions * Heavy Coastal Mortar Battery * Heavy Coastal Gun Battery * 2 ''Pionier'' Regiments

Seventh Army

7th Army had the following Order of Battle: Commander: Generaloberst

Josias von Heeringen Josias von Heeringen (9 March 1850 – 9 October 1926) was a German general of the imperial era who served as Prussian Minister of War and saw service in the First World War. Early life Heeringen was born in Kassel in the Electorate of Hesse ...

Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant

Karl von Hänisch Karl Heinrich Eduard von Hänisch (25 April 1861 – 27 March 1921), was a Prussian general who served in World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in h ...

Oberquartiermeister: Generalmajor Ernst von Zieten

XIV Corps 14 Corps, 14th Corps, Fourteenth Corps, or XIV Corps may refer to: * XIV Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * XIV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World ...

Commander: General der Infanterie Ernst Freiherr von Hoiningen gen. Huene Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Gottfried von Brauchitsch * 28th Infantry Division * 29th Infantry Division

XV Corps 15th Corps, Fifteenth Corps, or XV Corps may refer to: XV Corps (British India) XV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * 15th Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I *XV Royal Bav ...

Commander: General der Infanterie

Berthold von Deimling Berthold Karl Adolf von Deimling (21 March 1853, Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden – 3 February 1944) was a general officer of the German Army during World War I. Deimling entered the army in 1871, following the Franco-Prussian War, and after ...

Chief of Staff: Oberst Wilhelm Wild * 30th Infantry Division * 39th Infantry Division

XIV Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Artillerie

Richard von Schubert Adolf Louis Theodor Richard von Schubert (19 April 1850 – 13 May 1933) served as a German Army (German Empire), German army commander during the First World War. Early life Richard Schubert participated as a second lieutenant in the Franco-Pru ...

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorff * 26th Reserve Division * 28th Reserve Division

Other Forces

* 19th Ersatz Division *

Bavarian Ersatz Division The Bavarian Ersatz Division (''Bayerische Ersatz Division'') was a Bavarian division of the Imperial German Army in World War I. It was formed in August 1914 and dissolved on 6 October 1918. It was initially a Bavarian formation but soon receiv ...

* 60th Mixed Landwehr Brigade * Upper Rhine Fortifications ** 55th Mixed Landwehr Brigade ** 110th Reinforced Landwehr Infantry Regiment ** 1st Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade ** 2nd Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade

Eastern Front

Eighth Army

8th Army had the following order of battle: Commander: Generaloberst

Maximilian von Prittwitz Maximilian “Max” Wilhelm Gustav Moritz von Prittwitz und Gaffron (27 November 1848 – 29 March 1917) was an Imperial German general. He fought in the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, and briefly in the First World War. Fami ...

. Chief of Staff: Generalmajor

Georg von Waldersee Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Waldersee was an Imperial German Army general in World War I. He was a nephew of Field Marshal Alfred von Waldersee. Life Waldersee was born in the Kingdom of Prussia as the son of Colonel Georg Ernest von Wald ...

Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Paul Grünert HQ: Marienburg,

Strength: 225,000

I Corps I Corps, 1st Corps, or First Corps may refer to: France * 1st Army Corps (France) * I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * I Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French A ...

Commander: Generalleutnant

Hermann von François Hermann Karl Bruno von François (31 January 1856 – 15 May 1933) was a German ''General der Infanterie'' during World War I, and is best known for his key role in several German victories on the Eastern Front in 1914. Early life and military ...

* 1st Infantry Division * 2nd Infantry Division

XVII Corps

Commander: General der Kavallerie

August von Mackensen Anton Ludwig Friedrich August von Mackensen (born Mackensen; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), ennobled as "von Mackensen" in 1899, was a German field marshal. He commanded successfully during World War I of 1914–1918 and became one of t ...

* 35th Infantry Division * 36th Infantry Division

XX Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

Friedrich von Scholtz Boje Friedrich Nikolaus von Scholtz (born 24 March 1851 in Flensburg – died 30 April 1927 in Ballenstedt) was a German general, who served as commander of 20th Corps and the 8th Army of the German Empire on the Eastern Front in the First World ...

* 37th Infantry Division * 41st Infantry Division

I Reserve Corps

Commander: Generalleutnant

Otto von Below Otto Ernst Vinzent Leo von Below (18 January 1857 – 15 March 1944) served as a Prussian general officer in the Imperial German Army during the First World War (1914–1918). He arguably became most notable for his command, along with the Aust ...

* 1st Reserve Division * 36th Reserve Division

''Landwehr'' Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie

Remus von Woyrsch Martin Wilhelm Remus von Woyrsch (4 February 1847 – 6 August 1920) was a Prussian field marshal, a member of the Prussian House of Lords from 1908 to 1918, and an ''Ehrenkommendator'' or Honorary Commander of the Order of St. John. Family ...

* Senior Landwehr Commander 3 (3rd Landwehr Division) ** 17th Landwehr Infantry Brigade ** 18th Landwehr Infantry Brigade * Senior Landwehr Commander 4 (4th Landwehr Division) ** 22nd Landwehr Infantry Brigade ** 23rd Landwehr Infantry Brigade * 2nd Mixed Landwehr Brigade * 6th Mixed Landwehr Brigade * 70th Mixed Landwehr Brigade

Other Forces

* 3rd Reserve Division * 1st Cavalry Division

Army of the North

IX Reserve Corps is also known as the

Army of the North The Army of the North ( es, link=no, Ejército del Norte), contemporaneously called Army of Peru, was one of the armies deployed by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in the Spanish American wars of independence. Its objective was fre ...

was held back in Schleswig in case of British landings; moved up in late August as part of

. The North Army had following order of battle: Commander: General der Infanterie

Max von Boehn Max Ferdinand Karl von Boehn (16 August 1850 − 18 February 1921) was a German officer involved in the Franco-Prussian War and World War I. He held the rank of ''Generaloberst'' in World War I. Life Early life Max von Boehn was born in Bromber ...

Chief of Staff: Oberst Paulus von Stolzmann * 17th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Gustav Wagener) * 18th Reserve Division (General der Infanterie Karl Wilhelm von Gronen) * Senior Landwehr Commander 1 (1st Landwehr Division) ** 33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade ** 34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade ** 37th Mixed Landwehr Brigade ** 38th Mixed Landwehr Brigade * North Sea Islands

Central Reserves and Border Fortresses

Strassburg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the E ...

** 30th Reserve Division *** 60th Reserve Infantry Brigade *** 3rd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade *** 10th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade *

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

** 33rd Reserve Division *** 8th Bavarian Infantry Brigade *** 66th Reserve Infantry Brigade *** Reserve Infantry Regiment Metz *

Thorn Thorn(s) or The Thorn(s) may refer to: Botany * Thorns, spines, and prickles, sharp structures on plants * ''Crataegus monogyna'', or common hawthorn, a plant species Comics and literature * Rose and Thorn, the two personalities of two DC Com ...

** 35th Reserve Division *** 5th Landwehr Infantry Brigade *** 20th Landwehr Infantry Brigade *

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

** 9th Landwehr Infantry Brigade ** Ersatz Infantry Brigade Königsberg * Posen ** 19th Landwehr Infantry Brigade * Graudenz ** Provisional 69th Infantry Brigade

Notes

Sources

* Appendix 6: Order of battle of the German Armies. In: ''

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: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1914'', by

J. E. Edmonds Brigadier-General Sir James Edward Edmonds (25 December 1861 – 2 August 1956) was an officer of the Royal Engineers in the late-Victorian era British Army who worked in the Intelligence Division, took part in the creation of the forerunner ...

. Macmillan & Co., London, 1922. * Appendix 1: The Field Army, 17 August 1914. In: ''Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle'', by Hermann Cron. Helion & Co., 2002. {{German Empire Armies World War I orders of battle German Army (German Empire) Lists of military units and formations of World War I

Commanders and locations of the German Army

Homeland corps deployments (1871-1914)

Western Front

Cavalry

First Army

Other Forces

Second Army

VII Corps 7th Corps, Seventh Corps, or VII Corps may refer to: * VII Corps (Grande Armée), a corps of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VII Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * VII ...

X Corps 10th Corps, Tenth Corps, or X Corps may refer to: France * 10th Army Corps (France) * X Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars Germany * X Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * ...

Guards Reserve Corps The Guards Reserve Corps (german: Garde-Reserve-Korps / Garde RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. Formation Guards Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of th ...

Other Forces

Third Army

XI Corps 11 Corps, 11th Corps, Eleventh Corps, or XI Corps may refer to: * 11th Army Corps (France) * XI Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * XI Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * ...

XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps The XII (1st Royal Saxon) Army Corps / XII AK (german: XII. (I. Königlich Sächsisches) Armee-Korps) was a Saxon corps level command of the Saxon and German Armies before and during World War I. The Corps was formed as the Royal Saxon Corps on ...

XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps The XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Army Corps / XIX AK (german: XIX. (II. Königlich Sächsisches) Armee-Korps) was a Kingdom of Saxony, Saxon corps level command of the German Empire, German German Army (German Empire), Army, before and during World War I. ...

XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps The XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps (german: XII. (Königlich Sächsisches) Reserve-Korps / XII RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. Formation XII Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as ...

Other Forces

Fourth Army

VI Corps 6 Corps, 6th Corps, Sixth Corps, or VI Corps may refer to: France * VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VI Corps (Grande Armée), a formation of the Imperial French army du ...

VIII Corps 8th Corps, Eighth Corps, or VIII Corps may refer to: * VIII Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VIII Army Corps (German Confederation) * VIII Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Ar ...

Other Forces

Fifth Army

V Corps 5th Corps, Fifth Corps, or V Corps may refer to: France * 5th Army Corps (France) * V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * V Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Ar ...

XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps The XIII (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps / XIII AK (german: XIII. (Königlich Württembergisches) Armee-Korps) was a corps of the Imperial German Army. It was, effectively, also the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg, which had been integrated in ...

VI Reserve Corps The VI Reserve Corps (german: VI. Reserve-Korps / VI RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. Formation VI Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of the Army. It ...

Other Forces

Sixth Army

Other Forces

Seventh Army

XIV Corps 14 Corps, 14th Corps, Fourteenth Corps, or XIV Corps may refer to: * XIV Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * XIV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World ...

XV Corps 15th Corps, Fifteenth Corps, or XV Corps may refer to: *XV Corps (British India) * XV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * 15th Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I *XV Royal Bav ...

Other Forces

Eastern Front

Eighth Army

I Corps I Corps, 1st Corps, or First Corps may refer to: France * 1st Army Corps (France) * I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * I Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French A ...

Other Forces

Army of the North

Central Reserves and Border Fortresses

See also

Notes

Sources

XV Corps 15th Corps, Fifteenth Corps, or XV Corps may refer to: XV Corps (British India) XV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * 15th Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I *XV Royal Bav ...