The VI Cavalry Corps ( 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.).General Commands for Special Use Generalkommandos zur besonderen Verwendung (Genkdo z.b.V.)
59th Corps 59th Corps (z.b.V.)Note that Corps (z.b.V.) were designated with Arabic, not Roman, numerals. 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:The Prussian Machine, HKK Accessed: 20 May 2012The Prussian Machine, GenKdo Accessed: 20 May 2012German War History Accessed: 20 May 2012
Commander From ToGeneral der Kavallerie Otto von Garnier18 August 19153 September 1916Generalleutnant Hermann Brecht3 September 19162 November 1917Generalleutnant Erich von Redern2 November 1917end of war
See also
German Army (German Empire) German Army order of battle, Western Front (1918) German cavalry in World War I
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de:Höheres Kavallerie-Kommando