VI Corps (German Empire)
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The VI Army Corps / VI AK (German: VI. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.
VI Army Corps VI. 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 | Breslau/Schweidnitzer Straße 24 |
Shoulder strap piping | Yellow |
Engagements | Austro-Prussian War |
Insignia | |
Abbreviation | VI AK |
VI AK originated in 1815 as the General Command for the Province of Silesia, with headquarters in Breslau.[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 4th Army at the start of the First World War.[2] It was still in existence at the end of the war.[3] The Corps was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.