(Landwehr) Regiment (Garde-Reserve-Infanterie (Landwehr) Regiment) was founded. In 1851 it was renamed the Guards Reserve Infantry Regiment...
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1st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) (redirect from 1.Infanterie-Division)
Regiment 1 (Königsberg).: 20f. The division was built from the Reichswehr-era 1st Infantry Regiment, assembled largely from East Prussian personnel and adopted...
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Jakob Ritter von Danner (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
candidate in the Royal Bavarian 17th Infantry Regiment "Orff" (Königlich Bayerisches 17. Infanterie-Regiment „Orff“ [de]) in Germersheim and was commissioned...
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the war, Kraiss was a company commander in various infantry regiments in the Reichswehr. From 1925 to 1928 he served as an instructor in an infantry...
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Kurt von Schleicher (category Ministers of the Reichswehr)
player in the Reichswehr's efforts to avoid the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, Schleicher rose to power as head of the Reichswehr's Armed Forces...
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Jäger Regiment (Jäger Regiment Nr. 2). These units, along with the elite Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment (Infanterie-Leib-Regiment), the Bavarian...
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war and was accepted by the Reichswehr at the end of 1920, serving as a Fähnrich (ensign) in the 17. Infanterie-Regiment. He was promoted to Leutnant...
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(German: 11. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the Wehrmacht that was initially founded as a cover formation during the Reichswehr era. It was...
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King's German Legion (redirect from 1st Regiment of Dragoons (King's German Legion))
Light Dragoons Kavallerie-Regiment 14–1st Regiment of Hussars Infanterie-Regiment 16–1st Line Battalion Infanterie-Regiment 17–1st Light Battalion British...
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After the war Rohr was assigned in 1920 to Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 29 of the Provisional Reichswehr. With the formation to the 100,000-man army...
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officer with the 2nd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 137 (German: 2. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 137). After an internship at the military...
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the Reichswehr — which was renamed to Wehrmacht in 1935 — from 1 October 1934 with a new designation, Infantry Regiment "Kolberg" (Infanterie–Regiment Kolberg)...
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the Reichsheer. He was first used in the Reichswehr 13th Artillery Regiment (Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiment 13). With the formation of the 100,000-man...
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Wilhelm Heye (category Colonel generals of the Reichswehr)
of the Reichswehr increased, principally under Wilhelm Groener and his protegé Kurt von Schleicher. Heye was promoted to General der Infanterie on 1 November...
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Gerhard Glokke (category Major generals of the Reichswehr)
to Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiments Nr. 46, formed by his original regiment. This was followed by a spell as adjutant to 17. Ersatz-Infanterie-Brigade and...
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Friedrich Weber (general) (section Reichswehr)
training battalion of the 20th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment (20. (Bayerischen) Infanterie-Regiment), where he was promoted to Hauptmann (captain) on April...
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Oberst and commander of Schützen-Regiment 5 161st Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.) Adam, Wilhelm;...
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Dietrich von Choltitz (category Reichswehr personnel)
Choltitz enrolled in the Dresden Cadet School. He joined the 8. Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Johann Georg Nr. 107 of the Royal Saxon Army as a Fähnrich...
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Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 117 on 5 April 1919 and was soon transferred to the newly formed Reichswehr. He served initially in the Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment...
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East Prussia, by expanding the 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division of the old Reichswehr. As this was a direct breach of the terms of the Treaty...
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der Infanterie Ritter von Epp (Chef of the 61st Infantry Regiment in Munich); Generalfeldmarschall von Mackensen (Chef of the 5th Cavalry Regiment in Stolp);...
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Wilhelm Burgdorf (category Reichswehr personnel)
commissioned as an infantry officer in Grenadier Regiment 12 in 1915. After the war he served in the Reichswehr and was promoted to captain in 1930. In the...
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Erich Petersen (category Reichswehr personnel)
in WWI and then with the Reichswehr. At the beginning of WWII, he was a colonel and commander of the Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment 125 at the Westwall. He...
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with the following organisation: Infanterie-Regiment 11 (mot.) Infanterie-Regiment 53 (mot.) Artillerie-Regiment 14 (mot.) Kradschützen-Abteilung 54...
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over into the Reichswehr, where he served in various infantry regiments. From 1 October 1920 to 31 October 1926, he served in the Reichswehr's 6th Infantry...
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entered the Royal Bavarian 11th Infantry Regiment "Von der Tann" (Königlich Bayerisches 11. Infanterie-Regiment „von der Tann“ [de]) as an officer candidate...
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Portepee-Fähnrich in Infanterie-Regiment Großherzhog von Sachsen (5. Thüringisches) Nr.94. 24 December 1914 – 11 March 1915: Platoon Leader, Infantry Regiment 94. 11...
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army created in the fall of 1936. It was based on the old Reichswehr 15th Infantry Regiment and drew its initial recruits from Thuringia. It was upgraded...
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Albert Kesselring (section Reichswehr)
Artillery Regiment. He joined the Reichswehr on 1 October 1922 and was posted to the Military Training Department at the Ministry of the Reichswehr in Berlin...
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Maximilian Fretter-Pico (category Reichswehr personnel)
on 18 October 1918 and as such he was accepted into the Reichswehr. There he was first active in the staff of the 1st (Prussian) Artillery Regiment (German:...
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