Replacement corps
The replacement corps was a briefly existing large unit of the Prussian Army in the course of mobilization at the beginning of the First World War .
history
In August 1914, as part of the mobilization , Ludwig von Falkenhausen was appointed commanding general of the replacement corps of the 6th Army with a total of three replacement divisions. The command of the replacement corps was transferred to the Falkenhausen Army Division on September 17, 1914 , which was later designated as Army Division A in the Duke Albrecht Army Group and was deployed in the southern section of the western front between Verdun and the Swiss border from the middle of the war.
Commanding general
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| General of the Infantry | Ludwig von Falkenhausen | August 18, 1914 to September 18, 1914 |
literature
- Hermann Gackenholz: Falkenhausen, Ludwig von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 11 ( digitized version ).
Guard Corps | I. | II. | III. | IV. | V. | VI. | VII. | VIII. | IX. | X. | XI. | XII. | XIII. | XIV. | XV. | XVI. | XVII. | XVIII. | XIX. | XX. | XXI.
Bavarian Corps : I. | II. | III.
Additional associations in the First World War
Reserve Corps: Guard | I. | III. | IV. | V. | VI. | VII. | VIII. | IX. | X. | XII. | XIV. | XV. | XVII. | XVIII. | XXII. | XXIII. | XXIV. | XXV. | XXVI. | XXVII. | XXXVIII. | XXXIX. | XXXX. | XXXXI.
Bavarian Reserve Corps: I. | II. | XV.
General commands: 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68
Other corps: replacement corps | Landwehr Corps | Marine Corps