V Corps (German Empire)
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The V Army Corps / V AK (German: V. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th century to World War I.
V Army Corps V. Armee-Korps | |
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Active | 1815 (1815)–1919 (1919) |
Country | Prussia / German Empire |
Type | Corps |
Size | Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914) |
Garrison/HQ | Posen/Seeckt Straße 1 |
Shoulder strap piping | Yellow |
Engagements | Austro-Prussian War |
Originating in 1815 as the General Command for the Grand Duchy of Posen (later called the Province of Posen) with headquarters in Posen. Its catchment area included the Regierungsbezirk (administrative district) Posen and Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz from the Province of Silesia.[1]
The Corps served in the Austro-Prussian War. During the Franco-Prussian War it was assigned to the 3rd Army.
In peacetime the Corps was assigned to the VIII Army Inspectorate but joined the 5th Army at the start of the First World War.[2] It was still in existence at the end of the war[3] in Armee-Abteilung C, Heeresgruppe Gallwitz on the Western Front.[4] The Corps was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.