XX Corps (German Empire)
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The XX Army Corps was a unit of the German
Army
that was stationed in Allenstein
(today Olsztyn, Poland
). At the beginning of World War I
, the corps was transferred to the Eastern Front
.
In 1914, the component units of the division were:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Army
German Army
The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Following the disbanding of the Wehrmacht after World War II, it was re-established in 1955 as the Bundesheer, part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr along with the Navy and the Air Force...
that was stationed in Allenstein
Olsztyn
Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...
(today Olsztyn, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
). At the beginning of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, the corps was transferred to the Eastern Front
Eastern Front (World War I)
The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in Central and, primarily, Eastern Europe. The term is in contrast to the Western Front. Despite the geographical separation, the events in the two theatres strongly influenced each other...
.
In 1914, the component units of the division were:
- 37th Division37th Division (German Empire)The 37th Division was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed between March 25 and April 1, 1899 in Allenstein . The division was initially subordinated in peacetime to the I Army Corps . In 1912, it was transferred to the newly formed XX Army Corps...
- 41st Division41st Division (German Empire)The 41st Division was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was established on October 1, 1912 in Deutsch Eylau . The division was subordinated in peacetime to the XX Army Corps . The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I...
- 1st Light Infantry Battalion Graf York von Wartenburg
- 1st Machine-gun Detachment
- 5th Machine-gun Detachment
- Pioneer Command (XX Corps)
- 23rd Pioneer Battalion (2nd West Prussian)
- 26th Pioneer Battalion
- 20th Training Battalion