XV. Reserve Corps (German Empire)

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The XV. Reserve Corps of the German Army was formed on December 1, 1914 from the Eberhardt Corps during the First World War and officially bore the name XV from September 1, 1916 . Bavarian Reserve Corps .

structure

The corps were subordinate to:

Locations

The corps was deployed on the western front mainly in Alsace with the Falkenhausen army division . In 1917 the association was temporarily run as the Mörchingen group and later as the Weiler group of the Duke Albrecht Army Group .

Commanding general

Rank Surname date
General of the Infantry Magnus von Eberhardt December 1, 1914 to October 16, 1916
General of the artillery Maximilian Ritter von Höhn October 16, 1916 to August 8, 1918
Lieutenant General Paul Ritter von Kneussl August 8 to November 8, 1918

Individual evidence

  1. Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 633.