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Burchardt, Lothar. "The Impact of the War Economy on the Civilian Population of Germany during the First and the Second World Wars," in The German Military in the Age of Total War, edited by Wilhelm Deist, 40–70. Leamington Spa: Berg, 1985. Chickering, Roger. Imperial Germany and the Great War, 1914–1918 (1998), wide-ranging survey; Daniel ...
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (German: Deutsches Heer [7]), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia, and was dissolved in 1919, after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I (1914–1918).
Stormtroopers ( German: Sturmtruppen[ 2] or Stoßtruppen[ 3]) were specialist infantry soldiers of the German Army. In the last years of World War I, Stoßtruppen ("shock troopers" or "shove troopers") were trained to use infiltration tactics – part of the Germans' improved method of attack on enemy trenches. [ 1]
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 ...
Heinrich Biltz. Hugo Blaschke. Kurt Blome. Wipert von Blücher. Heinrich Blume. John Brahm. Curt Bräuer. Otto Bräutigam. Friedrich Burmeister (politician)
When the war started Italy declared neutrality; in 1915 it switched and joined the Triple Entente (i.e. the Allies ). Germany entered into World War I on August 1, 1914, when it declared war on Russia. In accordance with its war plan, it ignored Russia and moved first against France –declaring war on August 3 and sending its main armies ...
Army Group Boehn. Army Group Duke Albrecht (German Empire) Army Group Gallwitz (German Empire) Army Group German Crown Prince (German Empire) Army Group Mackensen (Romania) Army Group Mackensen (Serbia) Army Group Prince Leopold of Bavaria. Army Group Rupprecht of Bavaria. Asia Corps.
The German General Staff, originally the Prussian General Staffand officially the Great General Staff(German: Großer Generalstab), was a full-time body at the head of the Prussian Armyand later, the German Army, responsible for the continuous study of all aspects of war, and for drawing up and reviewing plans for mobilization or campaign.