German Army order of battle (1914)

This is the German Army order of battle on the outbreak of war in August 1914.

The overall commander of the Imperial German Army was Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Chief of the General Staff was Generaloberst Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, with General von Stein as Deputy Chief. 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), and General von Schjerning (Medical Services). Generalmajor von Schoeler was Intendant-General (responsible for logistical supplies), and General von Claer was General of Engineers.

Cavalry
Four independent cavalry corps served on the Western Front:


 * I Cavalry Corps - preceding 3rd Army (General der Kavallerie Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen)
 * Guards Cavalry Division
 * 5th Cavalry Division
 * II Cavalry Corps - preceding 1st and 2nd Armies (General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz)
 * 2nd Cavalry Division
 * 4th Cavalry Division
 * 9th Cavalry Division
 * III Cavalry Corps - preceding 6th Army (General der Kavallerie Rudolf Ritter von Frommel)
 * 7th Cavalry Division
 * 8th Cavalry Division
 * Bavarian Cavalry Division
 * IV Cavalry Corps - preceding 4th and 5th Armies (General der Kavallerie Gustav Freiherr von Hollen)
 * 3rd Cavalry Division
 * 6th Cavalry Division

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
First Army was commanded by Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck.


 * II Corps (General der Infanterie Alexander von Linsingen)
 * 3rd Infantry Division
 * 4th Infantry Division
 * III Corps (General der Infanterie Ewald von Lochow)
 * 5th Infantry Division
 * 6th Infantry Division
 * IV Corps (General der Infanterie Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin)
 * 7th Infantry Division
 * 8th Infantry Division
 * IX Corps (General der Infanterie Ferdinand von Quast)
 * 17th Infantry Division
 * 18th Infantry Division
 * III Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Hans von Beseler)
 * 5th Reserve Division
 * 6th Reserve Division
 * IV Reserve Corps (General der Artillerie Hans von Gronau)
 * 7th Reserve Division
 * 22nd Reserve Division
 * IX Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Max von Boehn)
 * 17th Reserve Division
 * 18th Reserve Division
 * 10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 27th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * Pionier Regiment

Second Army
2nd Army was commanded by Generaloberst Karl von Bülow.


 * Guards Corps (General der Infanterie Karl von Plettenberg)
 * 1st Guards Infantry Division
 * 2nd Guards Infantry Division
 * VII Corps (General der Kavallerie Karl von Einem)
 * 13th Infantry Division
 * 14th Infantry Division
 * X Corps (General der Infanterie Otto von Emmich)
 * 19th Infantry Division
 * 20th Infantry Division
 * Guards Reserve Corps (General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz)
 * 3rd Guards Infantry Division
 * 1st Guards Reserve Division
 * VII Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Hans von Zwehl)
 * 13th Reserve Division
 * 14th Reserve Division
 * X Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Günther Graf von Kirchbach)
 * 2nd Guards Reserve Division
 * 19th Reserve Division
 * 25th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 29th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 4 Mortar Battalions
 * 10-cm Gun Battalion
 * 2 Heavy Coastal Mortar Batteries
 * 2 Pionier Regiments

Third Army
3rd Army was commanded by Generaloberst Max von Hausen.


 * XI Corps (General der Infanterie Otto von Plüskow)
 * 22nd Infantry Division
 * 38th Infantry Division
 * XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps (General der Infanterie Karl d'Elsa)
 * 23rd Infantry Division
 * 32nd Infantry Division
 * XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps (General der Kavallerie Maximilian von Laffert)
 * 24th Infantry Division
 * 40th Infantry Division
 * XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps (General der Artillerie Hans von Kirchbach)
 * 23rd Reserve Division
 * 24th Reserve Division
 * 47th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * Mortar Battalion
 * Pionier Regiment

Fourth Army
4th Army was commanded by Generaloberst Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg.


 * VI Corps (General der Infanterie Kurt von Pritzelwitz)
 * 11th Infantry Division
 * 12th Infantry Division
 * VIII Corps (Generalleutnant Erich Tülff von Tschepe und Weidenbach)
 * 15th Infantry Division
 * 16th Infantry Division
 * XVIII Corps (General der Infanterie Dedo von Schenck)
 * 21st Infantry Division
 * 25th Infantry Division
 * VIII Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Wilhelm Freiherr von Egloffstein)
 * 15th Reserve Division
 * 16th Reserve Division
 * XVIII Reserve Corps (Generalleutnant Kuno von Steuben)
 * 21st Reserve Division
 * 25th Reserve Division
 * 49th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 2 Mortar Battalions
 * Pionier Regiment

Fifth Army
5th Army was commanded by Generalmajor Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany.


 * V Corps (General der Infanterie Hermann von Strantz)
 * 9th Infantry Division
 * 10th Infantry Division
 * XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps (General der Infanterie Max von Fabeck)
 * 26th Infantry Division
 * 27th Infantry Division
 * XVI Corps (General der Infanterie Bruno von Mudra)
 * 33rd Infantry Division
 * 34th Infantry Division
 * V Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Erich von Gündell)
 * 9th Reserve Division
 * 10th Reserve Division
 * VI Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Konrad von Goßler)
 * 11th Reserve Division
 * 12th Reserve Division
 * 13th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * Senior Landwehr Commander 2 (2nd Landwehr Division)
 * 43rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 45th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 53rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 9th Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade
 * 4 Mortar Battalions
 * 2 Pionier Regiments

Sixth Army
6th Army was commanded by Generaloberst Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria.


 * XXI Corps (General der Infanterie Fritz von Below)
 * 31st Infantry Division
 * 42nd Infantry Division
 * I Bavarian Corps (General der Infanterie Oskar Ritter und Edler v. Xylander)
 * 1st Bavarian Infantry Division
 * 2nd Bavarian Infantry Division
 * II Bavarian Corps (General der Infanterie Karl Ritter von Martini)
 * 3rd Bavarian Infantry Division
 * 4th Bavarian Infantry Division
 * III Bavarian Corps (General der Kavallerie Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel)
 * 5th Bavarian Infantry Division
 * 6th Bavarian Infantry Division
 * I Bavarian Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Karl Ritter von Fasbender)
 * 1st Bavarian Reserve Division
 * 5th Bavarian Reserve Division
 * Guards Ersatz Division
 * 4th Ersatz Division
 * 8th Ersatz Division
 * 10th Ersatz Division
 * 3 Mortar Battalions
 * Heavy Coastal Mortar Battery
 * Heavy Coastal Gun Battery
 * 2 Pionier Regiments

Seventh Army
7th Army was commanded by Generaloberst Josias von Heeringen.


 * XIV Corps (General der Infanterie Ernst Freiherr von Hoiningen gen. Huene)
 * 28th Infantry Division
 * 29th Infantry Division
 * XV Corps (General der Infanterie Berthold von Deimling)
 * 30th Infantry Division
 * 39th Infantry Division
 * XIV Reserve Corps (General der Artillerie Richard von Schubert)
 * 26th Reserve Division
 * 28th Reserve Division
 * 19th Ersatz Division
 * Bavarian Ersatz Division
 * 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

Eighth Army
8th Army was commanded by Generaloberst Maximilian von Prittwitz.


 * I Corps (Generalleutnant Hermann von François)
 * 1st Infantry Division
 * 2nd Infantry Division
 * XVII Corps (General der Kavallerie August von Mackensen)
 * 35th Infantry Division
 * 36th Infantry Division
 * XX Corps (General der Infanterie Friedrich von Scholtz)
 * 37th Infantry Division
 * 41st Infantry Division
 * I Reserve Corps (Generalleutnant Otto von Below)
 * 1st Reserve Division
 * 36th Reserve Division
 * 3rd Reserve Division
 * 1st Cavalry Division
 * Landwehr Corps (General der Infanterie Remus von Woyrsch)
 * 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

Army of the North
North Army
 * IX Reserve Corps (General der Infanterie Max von Boehn)
 * 17th Reserve Division
 * 18th Reserve Division
 * 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
 * 30th Reserve Division
 * 60th Reserve Infantry Brigade
 * 3rd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade
 * 10th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade
 * Metz
 * 33rd Reserve Division
 * 8th Bavarian Infantry Brigade
 * 66th Reserve Infantry Brigade
 * Reserve Infantry Regiment Metz
 * Thorn
 * 35th Reserve Division
 * 5th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
 * 20th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
 * Königsberg
 * 9th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
 * Ersatz Infantry Brigade Konigsberg
 * Posen
 * 19th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
 * Graudenz
 * Provisional 69th Infantry Brigade