III Corps (German Empire)
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The III Army Corps / III AK (German: III. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th century to World War I.
III Army Corps III. Armee-Korps | |
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Active | 1813 (1813)–1919 (1919) |
Country | Prussia / German Empire |
Type | Corps |
Size | Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914) |
Garrison/HQ | Berlin/Genthiner Straße 2 |
Shoulder strap piping | Red |
Engagements | Second Schleswig War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1849–1857) Karl von Bülow (1903–1912) |
It was established in 1814 as the General Headquarters in Berlin (Generalkommando in Berlin) and became the III Army Corps on 3 April 1820. Its headquarters was in Berlin and its catchment area was the Province of Brandenburg.[1]
In peacetime, the Corps was assigned to the IV Army Inspectorate, joining the 1st Army at the start of the First World War.[2] It was still in existence at the end of the war[3] in the 7th Army, Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front.[4] The Corps was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.