XVIII Corps (German Empire)
- XVIII Corps (German Empire)
The XVIII Army Corps ("XVIII Armeekorps") was a corps of the Imperial German Army. It was formed on April 1, 1899 and was headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. During World War I, the corps fought on the Western Front.
tructure (1914)
*21st Division
*Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division
*3rd Brandenburg Foot Artillery Regiment "General-Feldzeugmeister"
*8th Fortress Machine Gun Detachment
*XVIII Army Corps Pioneer Command
**1st Nassau Pioneer Battalion No. 21
**2nd Nassau Pioneer Battalion No. 25
*2nd Railroad Regiment
*3rd Railroad Regiment
Corps commanding generals
*1899-1904: Oskar von Lindequist
*1904-1912: Hermann von Eichhorn
*1912-1917: Heinrich von Schenck
*1917-1918: Viktor Albrecht
*1918-1919: Günther von Etzel
*1919: Ernst von Hoeppner
References
* [http://www.1914-18.info/erster-weltkrieg.php?u=563&info=18.Armeekorps XVIII. Armeekorps (Chronik 1914/1918)]
* Claus von Bredow, bearb., "Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deuschen Heeres" (1905)
* Günter Wegner, "Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939." (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1
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