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    (Landwehr) Regiment (Garde-Reserve-Infanterie (Landwehr) Regiment) was founded. In 1851 it was renamed the Guards Reserve Infantry Regiment...
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  • out of the Reichswehr's 2nd and 9th Brigades, both part of the former Übergangsheer (Transition Army). It consisted of 3 infantry regiments, the 4th, 5th...
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  • association. Following the war, the regiment was perpetuated in the Reichswehr by 1. Kompanie/16. Infanterie-Regiment (6. Division, based in Münster). Max...
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  • Kurt von Tippelskirch (category Reichswehr personnel)
    June 1918. He was accepted into the Reichswehr, serving in the 9. (Preußisches) Infanterie-Regiment in Potsdam. On 16 March 1920, he married Elli, née Gallenkamp...
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  • of the Reichswehr's 12th, 16th, and 19th, Brigades, all part of the former Übergangsheer (Transition Army). It consisted of 3 infantry regiments: the 10th...
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  • 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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    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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  • of the Reichswehr's 3rd, 6th, and 15th Brigades, all part of the former Übergangsheer (Transition Army). It consisted of 3 infantry regiments, an artillery...
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    as commanding the Reichswehr after the war concluded. After completing his cadet training, Tschischwitz joined the Grenadier Regiment "Graf Kleist von...
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  • Johannes Block (category Reichswehr personnel)
    formation before being retained in the Reichswehr, initially in Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 40 and then Infanterie-Regiment 120. On 1 October 1920, he was transferred...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Imperial Army was dissolved, the regiment was perpetuated in the Reichswehr by 6. Kompanie/16. Infanterie-Regiment (6. Division, based in Münster). A...
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  • Hellmuth Pfeifer (category Reichswehr personnel)
    Kurhessisches Infantry Regiment "von Wittich" No. 83 (3. Kurhessisches Infanterie-Regiment "von Wittich" Nr. 83), Kassel, on March 16, 1912 as an officer...
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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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    (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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  • Waldemar Henrici (category Major generals of the Reichswehr)
    corps five and a half years. He joined the 2. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 137 of the Prussian Army on 7 March 1896 and was commissioned...
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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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    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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    Dietrich von Choltitz (category Reichswehr personnel)
    Promoted to major in 1937, he was made commander of third battalion, Infanterie-Regiment 16 "Oldenburg", a part of 22. Luftlande-Division. In 1938 he was promoted...
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    Polish forces. His unit was later incorporated into the Reichswehr as the 16th Cavalry Regiment and Simon was promoted to Unterfeldwebel. In May 1933 he...
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    Franz Ritter von Epp (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
    German Empire, Epp was a commanding officer in the Freikorps and the Reichswehr. His unit, the Freikorps Epp, was responsible for numerous massacres during...
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  • Iron Cross on 4 September 1943. Lang was appointed the commander of 95th Infanterie-Division on 30 June 1944. He was promoted to the rank of Generalmajor...
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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 Groener (category Ministers of the Reichswehr)
    father had been stationed, Groener entered the 3. Württembergische Infanterie Regiment Nummer 121 of the Württemberg Army in 1884. In 1890, he was promoted...
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    1934 Order of Battle Frankfurt Infanterie Regiment I. Battalion II. Battalion III. Battalion Crossen Infanterie Regiment I. Battalion II. Battalion III...
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    Hanneken was among the officers who joined the German Reichswehr. Then he took a job in the Reichswehr Ministry where he was the next year. Then from 1924...
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    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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    February 16, 1949) was a German General of the Infantry who commanded the 12th Division during World War I as well as a commander of the Reichswehr during...
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