This is the German Army order of battle on the outbreak of World War I in August 1914.

Commanders and locations of the German Army

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 Hermann 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), General von Lauter(Foot Artillery), General von Claer was General of Engineers, and General von Schjerning (Medical Services). Generalmajor von Schoeler was Intendant-General (responsible for logistical supplies).^[1]

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  Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
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  Location of the German divisions 1914
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  Location of the German brigades 1914

Homeland corps deployments (1871-1914)

During times of war in Germany, all military forces came under the direct command of the German Emperor, via Article 60 of the Constitution of the German Reich (1871). From 1871 to 1918, the forces of the Emperor included those of the kingdoms of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg, with all other states commanded by, or merged with his Prussian army.

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  Battle of the Frontiers - 2 August to 26 August 1914.
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  German corps areas 1914
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  March in the West
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  Situation in East
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  March Württ. Troops 1914
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  7th German Army in August 1914
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  6th Army August 1914
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  5th Army August 1914
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  XIII. AK Longwy 1914
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  XIII. AK Maas 1914
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  XIII. AK Argonne 1914
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  26th Kav.Brig 1914
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  26th (Württ) and 28th Württ. Res Div. End September 1914
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  Lw-Regt. 122 Lorraine 1914
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  51st Ers.Brig 1914
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  26th Inf Div. and 26th Cavalry Brig. 1914
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  26th Inf.-Div. and FArt-Regt. 13 Poland 1914
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  Württ. units at Western Front in late 1914
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  Württ. units at Eastern Front in late 1914

Western Front

Cavalry

Four independent cavalry corps served on the Western Front. These had the following order of battle:^[2]

I Cavalry Corps (preceding 3rd Army)

Commander: General der Kavallerie Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen

Chief of Staff: Oberst von Raumer

• Guards Cavalry Division (General Adolf von Storch)
• 5th Cavalry Division (General Karl von Ilsemann)

II Cavalry Corps (preceding 1st and 2nd Armies)

Commander: General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz

Chief of Staff: Major Hoffmann von Waldau

• 2nd Cavalry Division (General Friedrich FH von Krane)
• 4th Cavalry Division (General Otto von Garnier)
• 9th Cavalry Division (General Karl Hans von Bülow)

III Cavalry Corps (preceding 6th Army)

Commander: General der Kavallerie Rudolf Ritter von Frommel

Chief of Staff: Major von Meiß

• 7th Cavalry Division (General Ernst von Heydebreck)
• 8th Cavalry Division (General Günther Graf von der Schulenburg-Hehlen)
• Bavarian Cavalry Division (Generalleutnant Otto von Stetten)

IV Cavalry Corps (preceding 4th and 5th Armies)

Commander: General der Kavallerie Gustav Freiherr von Hollen

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Otto von Brandenstein

• 3rd Cavalry Division (General Kurt von Unger)
• 6th Cavalry Division (General Egon Graf von Schmettow)

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

1st Army had the following order of battle:^[3]

Commander: Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck

Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl

Oberquartiermaster: Oberst Walter von Bergmann

HQ: Grevenbroich, Germany

Strength: 320,000

II Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Alexander von Linsingen

Chief of Staff: Oberst Hans von Hammerstein-Gesmold

• 3rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Kurt Eduard von Trossel)
• 4th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Günther von Pannewitz)

III Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Ewald von Lochow

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Seeckt

• 5th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg Wichura)
• 6th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Richard Herhudt von Rohden)

IV Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin

Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Leo von Stocken

• 7th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Johannes Riedel)
• 8th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg Karl August Hildebrandt)

IX Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Ferdinand von Quast

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans Sydow

• 17th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Arnold von Bauer)
• 18th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Max von Kluge)

III Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Hans von Beseler

Chief of Staff: Oberst Paul Meister

• 5th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Richard Voigt)
• 6th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Emil von Schickfus und Neudorf)

IV Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Artillerie Hans von Gronau

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von der Heyde

• 7th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Bogislav Graf von Schwerin)
• 22nd Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Otto Riemann)

Other Forces

• 10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Werner von Lenthe)
• 11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Oberst Hans von Tippelskirch)
• 27th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Viktor Dallmer)
• Pionier Regiment^[4]

Second Army

2nd Army had the following order of battle:^[5]

Commander: Generaloberst Karl von Bülow

Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Otto von Lauenstein

Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Erich Ludendorff

HQ: Monschau, Germany

Strength: 260,000

Guards Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Karl von Plettenberg

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg

• 1st Guards Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Oskar von Hutier)
  • 1st Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich Leopold von Kleist)
  • 2nd Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Karl Schach von Wittenau)
  • 1st Guards Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Buddenbrock)
  • Leib-Garde-Husaren-Regiment (Oberst Georg von Brandenstein)
• 2nd Guards Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Arnold von Winckler)
  • 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Viktor Albrecht)
  • 4th Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Gontard)
  • 2nd Guards Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Joseph Trimborn)
  • 2. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment (Oberstleutnant Leopold von Maltzahn)

VII Corps

Commander: General der Kavallerie Karl von Einem

Chief of Staff: Oberst Hans von Wolff

• 13th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Kurt von dem Borne)
• 14th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Paul Fleck)

X Corps

Commander: General der Infanterie Otto von Emmich

Chief of Staff: Oberst Gustav von der Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff

• 19th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Max Hofmann)
• 20th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Alwin Schmundt)

Guards Reserve Corps

Commander: General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz

Chief of Staff: Oberst Paul von Barttenwerffer

• 3rd Guards Infantry Division^[6] (Generalleutnant Henning von Bonin)
  • 5th Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Nikolaus von Below)
  • 6th Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Friedeburg)
  • 3rd Guards Reserve Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Willibald Graf von Schweinitz und Krain Frh von Kauder)
  • Guards-Reserve-Ulanen-Regiment (Major Johan Cesar Godefroy-Faerber)
• 1st Guards Reserve Division (Generalmajor Viktor Albrecht)
  • 1st Guards Reserve Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Frh von Langermann und Erlenkamp)
    • Garde-Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 1 (Oberstleutnant Max Friedrich von Schlechtendal)
    • Garde-Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 2 (Oberstleutnant Wigand von Cramer)
    • Garde-Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon (Major von Gluszewski)
  • 15th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Oberst Hans von Below)
    • Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 64 (Oberstleutnant Rudolf von Cramer)
    • Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 93 (Oberst von Jena)
  • Guards Reserve Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Louis Mertens)
    • Garde-Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment (Oberstleutnant von Bülow)
    • 3. Garde-Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment (Oberstleutnant Goling)
  • Garde-Reserve-Dragoner-Regiment (Major von Hofmann)

VII Reserve Corps

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