Imperial German Army 1914-18

A detailed account of the composition, structure and Organisation of the First World War German Army has long been needed by English-language readers - this work will fill this gap admirably.

In more than 300 pages, the authors examine all aspects of the army. A detailed analytical text is followed by an extensive compendium of order-of-battle data. Topics covered include:

High Command & War Leadership

Composition of Army Groups, Armies, etc.

Organisation of the Field Army. Branches covered in detail incl. Infantry, incl. MG formations ; Cavalry ; Artillery ; Pioneers ; Air Force; Supply troops ; Tank units ; Pioneers ; Signals troops ; Railway & Transport troops ; Medical troops ; Field Gendarmerie, etc. etc.

Organisation of the Home Front & Occupied Territories

Extensive order-of-battle data, plus lists of units, army commanders & chiefs of staff

Key Features
The most complete guide to the Organisation, structure and units of the First World War German Army yet published

Includes detailed orders-of-battle

All arms-of-service covered, from infantry to sanitary troops, Landwehr units to the Air Force

Set to become a standard First World War reference source

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Publisher’s note
• Foreword
• Part I The Supreme Command of the Military Leadership and Administration during the war
  • A. The Supreme Army Command
    • 1. The Kaiser and the Great Headquarters
    • 2. The Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army
      • a. Chief and First Quartermaster-General
      • b. The General Staff Departments
      • c. The Quartermaster-General and posts subordinate to him
      • d. Supreme Arm-of-Service Authorities
      • e. External Departments
      • f. The Training Regulations of the Supreme Army Command
    • 3. Decorations and Honours
  • B. The War Ministry
    • 1. The War Minister
    • 2. The War Ministry of August 1914
  • 3. Expansion of the War Ministry up to Autumn 1916
  • 4. The Hindenburg Programme and the War Ministry from November 1916
  • 5. The War Ministry during 1917 and 1918
  • 6. The War Ministry at the end of the war
  • 7. General changes in clothing, armament and pay ordered by the War Ministry
• Part II Changes in Army Organisation
  • A. General
  • B. In the Army of the West
  • C. In the Army of the East
  • D. On the Italian Front
  • E. On the Balkans Front
  • F. In Asia
• Part III The Higher Command Authorities and their development
  • A. Senior Command Authorities newly-created during the war
    • 1. The Supreme Commander East
    • 2. Army Group High Commands
      • a. General
      • b. Army Group Hindenburg
      • c. Temporary Army Groups
      • d. Established Army Group Commands
  • B. Command Authorities from Army High Command to Division level
    • 1. General
    • 2. Army High Commands and Coastal Defence High Command
    • 3. Army Detachments and Army Groups
    • 4. General Commands
    • 5. Senior Cavalry Commanders
    • 6. Infantry Divisions (with Jäger, Reserve, Landwehr, Ersatz, and Naval Divisions together with Senior Construction Staffs)
    • 7. Cavalry Divisions
• Part IV The History of the Field Army in its individual service arms
  • A. Infantry
    • 1. The Brigade
    • 2. The Infantry Regiment (also Reserve, Landwehr, Ersatz and Landsturm Infantry Regiments; Field Recruit Depots)
    • 3. The Jäger Battalion and the Jäger Regiment
    • 4. Special Formations
      • a. Mountain and Ski Formations
      • b. Cycle Formations
      • c. Assault Battalions
      • d. Automatic Rifle Battalions
  • B. Machine Gun Formations
    • 1. Development under the Falkenhayn Army Command
    • 2. Development under the Hindenburg Army Command
  • C. Cavalry
    • 1. The Cavalry Brigade Staffs
    • 2. The Cavalry Regiment
  • D. Artillery
    • 1. Senior Artillery Commanders
    • 2. The Troops
      • a. Field Artillery
        • a1. In the first two years of the war
        • a2. Under the Hindenburg Army Command
      • b. Heavy Artillery
        • b1. In the first two years of the war
        • b2. Under the Hindenburg Army Command
      • 3. The Artillery Survey Service
  • E. Pioneers
    • 1. Generals and Regimental Commanders
    • 2. Field Pioneers and Miners, together with Close-combat weapons
      • a. Until the end of 1916
      • b. From January 1917
    • 3. Searchlight units
    • 4. Minenwerfer units
      • a. Under the Falkenhayn Army Command
      • b. Under the Hindenburg Army Command
    • 5. Gas Troops
    • 6. Flamethrower units
    • 7. Cavalry Pioneer Sections
    • 8. Special Formations
    • 9. Assault Battalion 5 (‘Rohr’)
    • 10. Pioneer Siege Trains and Pioneer Park Companies
    • 11. Pontoon Trains
  • F. Air Forces
    • 1. Command
      • a. Until October 1916
      • b. Under the Commanding General of the Air Forces
    • 2. The Units
      • a. Dirigible Airships
      • b. Field Airship Troops
      • c. Aeroplanes
      • d. Aerial Photography Service
      • e. Anti-Aircraft Weapons and the Aircraft Reporting Service
        • e1. Anti-Aircraft Guns
        • e2. Anti-Aircraft Machine Guns
        • e3. Flak Searchlights
        • e4. Aircraft Reporting Service
      • f. Meteorological Service
  • G. Survey and Topographical Service
  • H. Armoured fighting vehicle units
  • I. Signals Troops
    • 1. Until Autumn 1916
    • 2. First reorganisation under the Hindenburg Army Command
      • a. Service Chiefs
      • b. Units
    • 3. Second reorganisation under the Hindenburg Army Command
      • a. Service Chiefs
      • b. Units
    • 4. Female Signal Corps
  • J. Field Railway Authorities and Troops
    • 1. The Organisation of the Field Railway Service
    • 2. Railway Troops
    • 3. Waterways
  • K. Motorised Vehicle Troops
    • 1. Until March 1915
    • 2. The Organisation of the Motorised Vehicle Service from 10.3.1915 and its development up to December 1916
    • 3. The Reorganisation of 15.12.1916 and development up to the end of the war.
    • 4. Imperial Voluntary Automobile Corps
    • 5. Imperial Motor Boat Corps
  • L. Munitions Columns and Trains
    • 1. At the beginning of the war
    • 2. From 1915
      • a. Service Chiefs
      • b. Munitions Columns
      • c. The Trains.
  • M. The Medical Service in the Field
  • N. The Field Police
  • O. Labour units
  • P. Technical and administrative special formations
    • 1. Works Departments
    • 2. Electric Power Detachments
    • 3. Salvage Formations (Salvage and Collection Services)
    • 4. The Representatives of the War Ministry for Extraction of Raw Materials from the Occupied Areas in the West, and their agencies
    • 5. Prisoner of War and Prisoner Formations
• Part V The Lines of Communication
  • A. Lines of Communication Inspectorates
  • B. Lines of Communication Formations
  • C. The Supply Service
• Part VI The Administrations of the Occupied Territories
  • A. General Governments
    • 1. General Government Belgium
    • 2. General Government Warsaw
  • B. Military Administrations
    • 1. The Territory of the Supreme Commander East
    • 2. Military Administration Rumania
• Part VII Authorities and units in Germany
  • A. The Deputy General Staff of the Army and the home front agencies of the Chief of the Field Railway Service
    • 1. The Deputy General Staff of the Army
    • 2. The home front agencies of the Chief of the Field Railway Service
  • B. The War Department of the War Ministry, the War Department posts and War Economy departments
    • 1. The War Department
    • 2. War Department offices
    • 3. War Economy Departments
  • C. The Deputy General Commands
  • D. Fortress Governments and Commands
  • E. Infantry and Jäger
  • F. Machine Gun Troops
  • G. Cavalry
  • H. Artillery
    • 1. Field Artillery
    • 2. Foot Artillery
  • I. Pioneers and their variants
    • 1. Pioneers, Engineer Committee and searchlight formations
    • 2. Minenwerfer troops and Close-combat Weapons Park troops
    • 3. Gas Troops and anti-gas protection
    • 4. Flamethrower Troops
  • J. Air Forces
    • 1. Under the Inspectorate of the Military Air and Motorised Vehicle Service
    • 2. From April 1915
      • a. Airship troops and Meteorological stations
      • b. Aviation Troops
      • c. Home Air Defence
        • c1. Until mid-December 1916
        • c2. Under the Commander of Air Defence
    • 3. The Intendance of the Air Forces
  • K. Signals Troops
  • L. Railway Troops
  • M. Motor Vehicle Troops
  • N. Train
  • O. The General Inspectorate of the Military Communications Service and special technical formations
  • P. Medical departments and the War Medical Inspectorates
  • Q. The Inspectorate of Military Penal Institutions
• Conclusion
• Appendices
  • I. The Field Army, 17 August 1914
  • II. 18th Army, 21 March 1918
  • III. List of Brigade Staffs, Artillery and Pioneer Generals
    • a. Infantry Brigades
    • b. Cavalry Brigades
    • c. Field Artillery Brigades and Artillery Commanders
    • d. Foot Artillery and Artillery Generals
    • e. Pioneer Generals
  • IV. List of Mobile Units
    • a. Infantry and Jäger
    • b. Machine Gun Formations
    • c. Cavalry
    • d. Field Artillery.
    • e. Foot Artillery and Artillery Survey units
    • f. Pioneers and variant units
    • g. Airship units
    • h. Aviation units
    • i. Anti-Aircraft units
    • j. Signals Troops
    • k. Field Railway Troops
    • l. Armoured fighting vehicle units
  • V. Commanders and their General Staff Chiefs
  • VI. Abbreviations and glossary
  • Bibliography
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