German Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)

This is the German Army order of battle on the Western Front at the close of the war.

The overall commander of the Imperial German Army was Kaiser Wilhelm II, but real power resided with The Chief of the General Staff, Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg, and his First Quartermaster, General der Infanterie Erich Ludendorff.

Order of Battle

The German Army on the Western Front on 30 October 1918^[1] was organised as 4 Army Groups (Heeresgruppe) controlling 13 army-level commands.

Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht

Army Group	Army	Corps	Division
Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht Generalfeldmarschall Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria	4th Army General der Infanterie Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin	Naval Corps	1st Naval Division
			2nd Naval Division
			two thirds 38th Landwehr Division
			one third 3rd Division
			85th Landwehr Division
		Guards Reserve Corps	3rd Reserve Division
			two thirds 3rd Division
			13th Reserve Division
			16th Bavarian Division
			36th Reserve Division
			11th Bavarian Division
			4th Division
			one third 38th Landwehr Division
			16th Reserve Division
			23rd Division
			3rd Landwehr Division
		Guards Corps	26th Division
			19th Division
			Guards Ersatz Division
			207th Division
			1st Bavarian Reserve Division
			21st Division
			52nd Reserve Division
			6th Cavalry Schützen Division
		X Reserve Corps	49th Reserve Division
			23rd Reserve Division
			11th Reserve Division
			56th Division
			6th Bavarian Reserve Division
			39th Division
			40th Division
	6th Army General der Infanterie Ferdinand von Quast	55th Corps (z.b.V.)	38th Division
			12th Bavarian Division
			5th Bavarian Division
			two thirds 4th Ersatz Division
			9th Reserve Division
		IV Corps	2nd Guards Reserve Division
			one third 4th Ersatz Division
			36th Division
		XXXX Reserve Corps	16th Division
		XXXX Reserve Corps	8th Division
		XI Corps	No units assigned
	17th Army General der Infanterie Bruno von Mudra	I Bavarian Reserve Corps	187th Division
			26th Reserve Division
			10th Ersatz Division
			208th Division
		II Bavarian Corps	234th Division
		II Bavarian Corps	25th Division
		XVIII Corps	220th Division
			35th Division
			6th Division
		XIV Reserve Corps	214th Division
			111th Division
			48th Reserve Division
			206th Division
			12th Division
			28th Reserve Division
	2nd Army General der Infanterie Adolph von Carlowitz	54th Corps (z.b.V.)	21st Reserve Division
			22nd Division
			4th Division
			113th Division
			239th Division
			12th Reserve Division
			Jäger Division
185th Division
IV Reserve Corps		14th Division
		58th Division
		18th Reserve Division
		30th Division
		44th Reserve Division
51st Corps (z.b.V.)		2nd Cyclist Brigade
		243rd Division
		121st Division
		54th Division
		1st Guards Reserve Division
		22nd Reserve Division
Under Army command		17th Reserve Division

Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz

Army Group	Army	Corps	Division
Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz General der Infanterie Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany	18th Army General der Infanterie Oskar von Hutier	I Bavarian Corps	19th Reserve Division
			29th Division
			15th Reserve Division
			200th Division
			204th Division
			34th Division
		XXVI Reserve Corps	75th Reserve Division
			9th Division
			18th Division
			6th Bavarian Division
		XVIII Reserve Corps	231st Division
			238th Division
			81st Reserve Division
			2nd Division
			1st Reserve Division
			two thirds of 82nd Reserve Division
			5th Reserve Division
		XIV Corps	232nd Division
			237th Division
			11th Division
			221st Division
			105th Division
			87th Division
	7th Army Generaloberst Max von Boehn	XVII Corps	24th Reserve Division
			86th Division
			one third of 10th Reserve Division
		III Corps	one third of 10th Reserve Division
			26th Division
			227th Division
			3rd Naval Division
		VIII Reserve Corps	84th Division
			19th Division
			2nd Bavarian Division
			one third of 10th Reserve Division
		65th Corps (z.b.V.)	5th Division
			4th Guards Division
			216th Division
			50th Division
		VII Corps	No units assigned
		Moving to Armee-Abteilung A	24th Division
	1st Army General der Infanterie Otto von Below	VII Reserve Corps	1st Division
			50th Reserve Division
			8th Bavarian Reserve Division
			17th Division
			parts of Guards Cavalry Schützen Division
		VI Reserve Corps	80th Reserve Division
		VI Reserve Corps	Guards Cavalry Schützen Division (less elements)
		XXIV Reserve Corps	51st Reserve Division
		XXIV Reserve Corps	7th Division

	3rd Army Generaloberst Karl von Einem	XXV Reserve Corps	9th Landwehr Division
			199th Division
			3rd Guards Division
			1st Guards Division
		XVI Corps	213th Division
			242nd Division
			1st Bavarian Division
		I Reserve Corps	202nd Division
			14th Reserve Division
			203rd Division
			195th Division
			76th Reserve Division
			42nd Division
			103rd Division
XXXVIII Reserve Corps		No units assigned
Moving to Bavaria		4th Bavarian Division

Heeresgruppe Gallwitz

Army Group	Army	Corps	Division
Heeresgruppe Gallwitz General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz	5th Army General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz	58th Corps (z.b.V.)	240th Division
			15th Bavarian Division
			52nd Division
			31st Division
		XXI Corps	13th Division
			28th Division
			107th Division
			5th Bavarian Reserve Division
			88th Division
			115th Division
		V Reserve Corps	123rd Division
			1st Division (Austria-Hungary)
			part of 106th Division (Austria-Hungary)
			228th Division
			192nd Division
			41st Division
			27th Division
			117th Division
		IX Reserve Corps	1st Landwehr Division
		IX Reserve Corps	15th Division
		XVIII Corps (Austria-Hungary)	33rd Division
			32nd Division
			106th Division (Austria-Hungary) (less elements)
			37th Division
			236th Division
			20th Division
		Moving to Armee-Abteilung C	45th Reserve Division
	Armee-Abteilung C Generalleutnant Georg Fuchs	XIII Corps	5th Guards Division
			3rd Bavarian Division
			241st Division
		V Corps	13th Landwehr Division
			94th Division
			35th Division (Austria-Hungary)
		XII Reserve Corps	5th Landwehr Division
		XII Reserve Corps	224th Division
		57th Corps (z.b.V.)	8th Landwehr Division
		57th Corps (z.b.V.)	255th Division
		Group Metz	31st Landwehr Brigade
			10th Division
			18th Landwehr Division
			2nd Landwehr Division

Heeresgruppe Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg

Army Group	Army	Corps	Division
Heeresgruppe Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg Generalfeldmarschall Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg	19th Army Generaloberst Felix Graf von Bothmer	XIX Corps	84th Landwehr Brigade
		XIX Corps	48th Landwehr Division
		66th Corps (z.b.V.)	2nd Bavarian Landwehr Division
			19th Ersatz Division
			17th Reserve Division
		XV Corps	1st Bavarian Landwehr Division
		XV Corps	83rd Division
	Armee-Abteilung A General der Infanterie Johannes von Eben	59th Corps (z.b.V.)	96th Division
			21st Landwehr Division
			75th Reserve Division
		VII Corps	82nd Composite Reserve Infantry Brigade
		VII Corps	301st Division
		XV Bavarian Reserve Corps	39th Bavarian Reserve Division
		XV Bavarian Reserve Corps	61st Landwehr Brigade
		IX Corps (Austria-Hungary)	37th Division (Austria-Hungary)
		IX Corps (Austria-Hungary)	4th Landwehr Division
	Armee-Abteilung B General der Infanterie Erich von Gündell	64th Corps (z.b.V.)	6th Bavarian Landwehr Division
			4th Cavalry Schützen Division
			7th Cavalry Schützen Division
		X Corps	26th Landwehr Division
			30th Bavarian Reserve Division
			31st Division
		XII Corps	44th Landwehr Division
		XII Corps	25th Landwehr Division

Glossary

Armee-Abteilung or Army Detachment in the sense of "something detached from an Army". It is not under the command of an Army so is in itself a small Army.^[2]
Armee-Gruppe or Army Group in the sense of a group within an Army and under its command, generally formed as a temporary measure for a specific task.
Heeresgruppe or Army Group in the sense of a number of armies under a single commander.

References

↑ Ellis & Cox 1993, pp. 186–187
↑ Cron 2002, p. 84

Bibliography

Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914–18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.
Ellis, John; Cox, Michael (1993). The World War I Databook. Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85410-766-6.

Army level commands of the Imperial German Army in World War I

Numbered Armies	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 14th 17th 18th 19th

Named Armies	Bug Niemen North South High Command of Coastal Defence

Armee-Abteilung	A (Falkenhausen) B (Gaede) C (Strantz) D (Scholtz) Gronau Lauenstein Woyrsch

Corps of the Imperial German Army

Regular	Guards I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI

Reserve	Guards I III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XII XIV XV XVII XVIII XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XXXX XXXXI

Bavarian	I II III I Reserve II Reserve XV Reserve

Cavalry	I II III IV V VI Schmettow

Genkdo z.b.V	51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68

Other	Landwehr Ersatz Naval

Divisions of the Imperial German Army

Standing

Guards	1st 2nd Cavalry

Regular	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd

Bavarian	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Raised in
World War I

Guards	3rd 4th 5th 1st Guards Reserve 2nd Guards Reserve Guards Ersatz

Cavalry	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Bavarian

Infantry	50th 52nd 54th 56th 58th 83rd 84th 86th 87th 88th 89th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 101st 103rd 105th 107th 108th 109th 111th 113th 115th 117th 119th 121st 123rd 183rd 185th 187th 192nd 195th 197th 199th 200th 201st 202nd 203rd 204th 205th 206th 207th 208th 211th 212th 213th 214th 215th 216th 217th 218th 219th 220th 221st 222nd 223rd 224th 225th 226th 227th 228th 231st 232nd 233rd 234th 235th 236th 237th 238th 239th 240th 241st 242nd 243rd 255th 301st 302nd 303rd

Reserve	1st 3rd 5th 6th 7th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 28th 30th 33rd 35th 36th 39th 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd

Landwehr	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 25th 26th 38th 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 85th

Ersatz	4th 5th 8th 10th 19th

Naval	Naval 1st 2nd 3rd

Bavarian infantry	10th 11th 12th 14th 15th 16th

Bavarian reserve	1st 5th 6th 8th 9th 30th 39th

Bavarian Landwehr and Ersatz	1st 2nd 6th Ersatz

Other	Alpenkorps Deutsche Jäger Ostsee (Baltic Sea)

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