• Source: VI Cavalry Corps (German Empire)

The VI Cavalry Corps (German: Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando 6 / HKK 6 literally: Higher Cavalry Command 6) was a formation of the German Army in World War I.




VI Cavalry Corps


During the Courland Offensive a wide gap opened between the Army of the Niemen and 10th Army. Set up by the 10th Army as a temporary Cavalry Corps. Established 18 August 1915. Redesignated 20 November 1916 as 59th Corps (z.b.V.).




59th Corps


59th Corps (z.b.V.) was formed on 20 November 1916 by the redesignation of VI Cavalry Corps. As the need for large mounted cavalry formations diminished as the war went on, the existing Cavalry Corps increasingly took on the characteristics of a normal Corps Command. This culminated in them being redesignated as "General Commands for Special Use" Generalkommandos zur besonderen Verwendung (Genkdo z.b.V.).
By the end of the war, the Corps was serving on the Western Front as part of Armee-Abteilung A with the following composition:

96th Division
21st Landwehr Division
75th Reserve Division




Commanders


VI Cavalry Corps / 59th Corps had the following commanders during its existence:




See also



German Army (German Empire)
German Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)
German cavalry in World War I




References






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.

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