Scenes of War - Training Behind the Front
Papers of an officer on training behind the front in a field recruit depot.
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The Development of the German Imperial Army in World War I (1914–18) - An Overview
At the outbreak of World War I the Imperial Army comprised 92½ infantry and 11 cavalry divisions with 5,124 field guns and 575 heavy guns.
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Scenes of War - Marches
Figure above: Soldiers on the march. Photo: W. Braemer/ Berlin. Around 1914/15.
Kriegsgeschichte
Scenes of War - Rail Transport
The railway played a decisive role in the First World War. Without the developed rail network the rapid mobilization of the (seven) German armies in the West would not have been possible. But a powerful rail system was also indispensable for rapid troop movements. Already in the run-up to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 the German General Staff had recognized the decisive importance of the railway. In 1914 there were already15 bridges over the Rhine between Strasbourg and Wesel. In addition to the classic rail network, branch lines or light railways also assumed an important role during the course of the war, especially in the front area. To do justice to the strategic role of the railway, at the beginning of the war the various railway administrations were merged and placed under a central military command.