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Corps Zastrow / XVII Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deutsche-kriegsgeschichte.de/akrkgk.html|title=German War History|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Armee-Reserve-Korps|publisher=The Prussian Machine|url=http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/army/corps2.htm|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref> |
Corps Zastrow / XVII Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deutsche-kriegsgeschichte.de/akrkgk.html|title=German War History|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Armee-Reserve-Korps |publisher=The Prussian Machine |url=http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/army/corps2.htm |accessdate=22 December 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120411130752/http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/army/corps2.htm |archivedate=April 11, 2012 }}</ref> |
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XVII Reserve Corps XVII. Reserve-Korps | |
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Active | October 1914 - 17 September 1917 |
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Type | Corps |
Engagements | World War I |
The XVII Reserve Corps / XVII RK (German: XVII. Reserve-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I.
History
The Corps was formed in October 1914 as the temporary Corps Graudenz or Corps Zastrow[1] named for its commander General der Infanterie Ernst von Zastrow,[2] military governor of Graudenz. On 21 July 1915 it was established as XVII Reserve Corps. The Corps was dissolved on 17 September 1917.[3]
The nucleus of the corps was troops collected at Graudenz Fortress. In mid-November 1914 it consisted of two divisions: Wernitz and Breugel with a strength of 26 battalions, 6 squadrons and 13 batteries.[4]
On February 8, 1915 Zastrow Korps was organized as follows:
Corps | Division | Brigade | Units |
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Zastrow Corps Graudenz Corps[5] |
Wernitz Division [6] | Ersatz Brigade Grossmann | Ersatz Regiment Reinhardt [7] |
Ersatz Regiment Wetzel (2 Btl.) [8] | |||
Festungs MG Abteilung 9 | |||
Festungs MG Abteilung 8 | |||
Ersatz Brigade Windheim | Ersatz Regiment Hoebel [9] | ||
Ersatz Regiment Groppe [10] | |||
Festungs MG Abteilung 3 | |||
1st Ersatz MG Komp des XX AK | |||
Divisional Units | Bicycle Company Culm | ||
Mounted Rgt Cleinow [11] | |||
2d Ersatz Battery/3d Guard Field Artillery Rgt 1 | |||
1st Ersatz Battery/ Field Artillery Rgt 71 | |||
Field Artillery Ersatz Abt 72 | |||
1st Ersatz Battery/ Field Artillery Rgt 79 | |||
Ist Battalion/Res Foot Artillery Rgt 17 (Heavy Field Howitzers) | |||
2d Ersatz battery/Foot Artillery Rgt 17 (10-Cm Cannon) | |||
3d Ersatz Co./Pioneer Battalion 26 | |||
2d Landwehr Pioneer Co., III AK | |||
Breugel Division [12] | Brigade Falkenhayn | Landwehr Infantry Rgt 61 | |
Landwehr Infantry Rgt 99 | |||
Ersatz Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Rgt 5 | |||
Festungs MG Abt 1 | |||
Festungs MG Abt 4 | |||
Brigade Pfafferot | Landwehr Infantry Rgt 17 | ||
Landwehr Infantry Regiment 21 | |||
Ersatz Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Rgt Culm | |||
Festungs MG Abt 7 | |||
Festungs MG Abt v. Stulpnagel | |||
Ersatz Festungs MG Abt 2 | |||
Divisional Units | Bicycle Co. Marienberg | ||
½ Bicycle Co. Graudenz | |||
1st & 2d mob Ersatz Sqs, XVII AK | |||
2d Ersatz Battery/Field Artillery Rgt 36 | |||
2d Ersatz Battery/Field Artillery Rgt 73 | |||
2d Ersatz Battery/Field Artillery Rgt 79 | |||
5th Battery/Foot Artillery Rgt 15 (Heavy Field Howitzers) | |||
¾ Ist Battalion/2d Guard Landwehr Foot Artillery Rgt (Heavy Field Howitzers) | |||
7th Battery/Foot Artillery Rgt 15 (10-Cm Cannon) | |||
4th Co./ Pioneer Btl 26 | |||
1st Reserve Co./Pioneer Btl 26 |
Commanders
Corps Zastrow / XVII Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:[13][14]
From | Rank | Name |
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12 September 1914 | General der Infanterie | Ernst von Zastrow |
25 September 1915 | Generalleutnant | Karl Suren |
3 September 1916 | General der Infanterie | Reinhard Freiherr von Scheffer-Boyadel |
See also
References
- ^ Cron 2002, p. 88
- ^ The Prussian Machine Template:Wayback Accessed: 23 March 2012
- ^ Cron 2002, p. 89
- ^ 2 Weltkrieg p. 342
- ^ 6 Weltkrieg, p. 454
- ^ Renamed 86th Infantry Division in August 1915
- ^ Composed of Ersatz Battalions of Infantry Rgts 18, 148 & 152
- ^ Composed of Ersatz Battalions of Res Rgts 34 & 61 and Ldw Rgt 5
- ^ Composed of Ersatz Battalions of Infantry Rgts 129, 141 & 175
- ^ Composed of Ersatz Battalions of Grenadier Rgts 5 & 8 (2 cos @), Infantry Rgt 59 & Ersatz-Abt/ Jager Btl 2
- ^ Composed of 1st Ldw Sq XVII AK, Res Ers Sq XVII AK, 2d mob Ers Sq XX AK
- ^ Renamed 85th Landwehr Division on September 13, 1915
- ^ "German War History". Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "Armee-Reserve-Korps". The Prussian Machine. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
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Bibliography
- Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.
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(help) - Ellis, John; Cox, Michael (1993). The World War I Databook. Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85410-766-6.
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(help) - Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919. The London Stamp Exchange Ltd (1989). 1920. ISBN 0-948130-87-3.
- The German Forces in the Field; 7th Revision, 11th November 1918; Compiled by the General Staff, War Office. Imperial War Museum, London and The Battery Press, Inc (1995). 1918. ISBN 1-870423-95-X.