German Army order of battle (1914)
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). 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. Western Front. Cavalry. Four independent cavalry corps served on the  Western Front. These had the following order of battle: I Cavalry Corps (preceding 3rd Army) Commander: General der Kavallerie Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen Chief of Staff: Oberst von Raumer II Cavalry Corps (preceding 1st and 2nd Armies) Commander: General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz Chief of Staff: Major Hoffmann von Waldau III Cavalry Corps (preceding 6th Army) Commander: General der Kavallerie Rudolf Ritter von Frommel Chief of Staff: Major von Meiß IV Cavalry Corps (preceding 4th and 5th Armies) Commander: General der Kavallerie Gustav Freiherr von Hollen Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Otto von Brandenstein 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: 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 III Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Ewald von Lochow Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Seeckt IV Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin Chief  of Staff: Generalmajor Leo von Stocken IX Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Ferdinand von Quast Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans Sydow III Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Hans von Beseler Chief of Staff: Oberst Paul Meister IV Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Artillerie Hans von Gronau Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von der Heyde Second Army. 2nd Army had the following order of battle: 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 VII Corps. Commander: General der Kavallerie Karl von Einem Chief of Staff: Oberst Hans von Wolff X Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Otto von Emmich Chief of Staff: Oberst Gustav von der Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff Guards Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz Chief of Staff: Oberst Paul von Barttenwerffer VII Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Hans von Zwehl Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans Hesse X Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Günther Graf von Kirchbach Chief of Staff: Oberst Gottfried Marquard Third Army. 3rd Army had the following order of battle : Commander: Generaloberst Max von Hausen Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Ernst von Hoeppner Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Max Leuthold Commander of Pioniere: Generalmajor Franz Adams HQ: Prüm, Germany Strength: 180,000 XI Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Otto von Plüskow Chief of Staff: Oberst Traugott von Sauberzweig XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Karl d'Elsa Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Eulitz XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps. Commander: General der Kavallerie Maximilian von Laffert Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Georg Frotscher XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Artillerie Hans von Kirchbach Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Konrad von Koppenfels Fourth Army . 4th Army had the following order of battle: Commander: Generaloberst Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Walther von Lüttwitz Oberquartiermaster: Oberst Georg Weidner HQ: Trier, Germany Strength: 180,000 VI Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Kurt von Pritzelwitz Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von Derschau VIII Corps. Commander: Generalleutnant Erich Tülff von Tschepe und Weidenbach Chief of Staff: Oberst August von Cramon XVIII Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Dedo von Schenck Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Leberecht von Blücher VIII Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Wilhelm Freiherr von Egloffstein Chief of Staff: Oberst Carl Julius Georg Buchholtz XVIII Reserve  Corps. Commander: Generalleutnant Kuno von Steuben Chief of Staff: Oberst Fritz von Studnitz Fifth Army. 5th Army had following Order of Battle: Commander: Generalmajor Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Rogalla von Bieberstein HQ: Saarbrücken, Germany Strength: 200,000 V Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Hermann von Strantz Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Kessel XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Max von Fabeck Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich Karl von Loßberg XVI Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Bruno von Mudra Chief of Staff: Oberst Rudolf von Borries V Reserve  Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Erich von Gündell Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Ernst von Stockhausen VI Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Konrad von Goßler Chief of Staff: Oberst Richard von Rath Sixth Army. 6th Army had the following Order of Battle: Commander: Generaloberst Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Bernhard von Hartz HQ: Saint-Avold, France Strength: 220,000 XXI Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Fritz von Below I Bavarian Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Oskar Ritter und Edler v. Xylander II Bavarian Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Karl Ritter von  Martini III Bavarian Corps. Commander: General der Kavallerie Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel I Bavarian Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Karl Ritter von Fasbender Seventh Army. 7th Army had the following Order of Battle: Commander: Generaloberst Josias von Heeringen Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Karl von Hänisch Oberquartiermeister: Generalmajor Ernst von Zieten XIV Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Ernst Freiherr von Hoiningen gen. Huene Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Gottfried von Brauchitsch XV Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Berthold von Deimling Chief of Staff: Oberst Wilhelm Wild XIV Reserve Corps. Commander: General der Artillerie Richard von Schubert Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Bernhard  Bronsart von Schellendorff Eastern Front. Eighth Army. 8th Army had the following order of battle: Commander: Generaloberst Maximilian von Prittwitz. Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Georg von Waldersee Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Paul Grünert HQ: Marienburg, Germany Strength: 225,000 I Corps. Commander: Generalleutnant Hermann von François XVII Corps. Commander: General der Kavallerie August von Mackensen XX Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Friedrich von Scholtz I Reserve Corps. Commander: Generalleutnant Otto von Below Section::::"Landwehr" Corps. Commander: General der Infanterie Remus von Woyrsch Army of the North. IX Reserve Corps is also known as the Army of the North was held back in Schleswig in  case of British landings; moved up in late August as part of 1st Army. The North Army had following order of battle: Commander: General der Infanterie Max von Boehn Chief of Staff: Oberst Paulus von Stolzmann