The VI Cavalry Corps (german: Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando 6 / HKK 6 literally: Higher Cavalry Command 6) was a formation of the
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Army
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in
World War I
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.
VI Cavalry Corps
During the Courland Offensive a wide gap opened between the
Army of the Niemen
The Army of the Niemen (german: Njemen-Armee) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I.
''Armee-Abteilung'' Lauenstein
The German offensive in Courland was intended to be a diversion while the main effort was made further s ...
and
10th Army. Set up by the 10th Army as a temporary Cavalry Corps. Established 18 August 1915. Redesignated 20 November 1916 as 59th Corps (z.b.V.).
59th Corps
59th Corps (z.b.V.) was formed on 20 November 1916 by the redesignation of VI Cavalry Corps. As the need for large mounted cavalry formations diminished as the war went on, the existing Cavalry Corps increasingly took on the characteristics of a normal Corps Command. This culminated in them being redesignated as "General Commands for Special Use" ''Generalkommandos zur besonderen Verwendung (Genkdo z.b.V.)''.
By the end of the war, the Corps was serving on the
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as part of ''
Armee-Abteilung A
Armee-Abteilung Falkenhausen / Armee-Abteilung A (Army Detachment A) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It served on the left (southern) wing of the Western Front throughout its existence.
History
''Armee-Abteilung'' ...
'' with the following composition:
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96th Division
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21st ''Landwehr'' Division
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75th Reserve Division
Commanders
VI Cavalry Corps / 59th Corps had the following commanders during its existence:
German War History
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See also
*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 ...
*German Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)
This is the German Army order of battle on the Western Front at the close of the war.
The overall commander of the Imperial German Army was Kaiser Wilhelm II, but real power resided with The Chief of the General Staff, Generalfeldmarschall Paul ...
*German cavalry in World War I
The history of the 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 divisions (1st and 2nd Guards, 1st - 42 ...
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