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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.
- 13,250,000+ (total served; 1914–18)
- German Emperor
- 17–45
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A corps usually included a light infantry ( Jäger) battalion, a heavy artillery ( Fußartillerie) battalion, an engineer battalion, a telegraph battalion, and a trains battalion. Some corps areas also disposed of fortress troops; each of the 25 corps had a Field Aviation Unit ( Feldflieger Abteilung) attached to it normally equipped with six ...
List of Imperial German infantry regiments. This is a list of Imperial German infantry regiments [1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 217 regiments of infantry (plus the instruction unit, Lehr Infantry Battalion ).
RegimentRaised [3]GarrisonCorps11 August 168819 June 18135 May 18605 May 1860In 1918, the war had finally exhausted the military, economic and societal resources of Imperial Germany. The military lessons of 1914-18 influenced the thinking and practice of Germany's armed forces up until 1945. The two basic principles of pre-1914 doctrine – directive command and combined-arms-tactics – had passed the test of war.
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Hace 1 día · Allied soldiers would have to wait until August 1918 for the decisive breakthrough on the Western Front, leading ultimately to the collapse of the Hindenburg Line. Explore some of the real life, personal stories and accounts of those who served in the trenches in 1917 during World War One.
Hace 2 días · Here are 14 objects from life at the front. Souvenirs and ephemera. 1. Food rations. This tinned beef and vegetable stew was a familiar part of a British soldier's diet. © IWM (EPH 4379) Food rations were an essential part of a soldier’s daily life and the amount and quality of food could have serious implications for morale.
This defense-in-depth tactic, introduced by the Imperial German Army in late 1916, involved defenders allowing attackers to capture lightly manned forward trenches so they could decimate them with machine gun fire and counterattacks from well-fortified rear trenches.
