VI Cavalry Corps (German Empire)


The VI Cavalry Corps 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 .

59th Corps

59th Corps 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 .
By the end of the war, the Corps was serving on the Western Front as part of Armee-Abteilung A with the following composition:
VI Cavalry Corps / 59th Corps had the following commanders during its existence:
CommanderFromTo
General der Kavallerie Otto von Garnier18 August 19153 September 1916
Generalleutnant Hermann Brecht3 September 19162 November 1917
Generalleutnant Erich von Redern2 November 1917end of war