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The XVIII Army Corps / XVIII AK ((ドイツ語:XVIII. Armee-Korps)) was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I. As the German Army expanded in the latter part of the 19th Century, the XVIII Army Corps was set up on 1 April 1899 in Frankfurt am Main as the ''Generalkommando'' (headquarters) for the district of Wiesbaden and the Grand Duchy of Hesse.〔(German Administrative History ) Accessed: 12 May 2012〕 It took over command of 21st Division from XI Corps and the previously separate 25th (Grand Ducal Hessian) Division. It was assigned to the VII Army Inspectorate, but joined the 4th Army at the start of the First World War. It was still in existence at the end of the war, serving in the 17th Army, ''Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht'' on the Western Front. == Peacetime organisation == The 25 peacetime Corps of the German Army (Guards, I – XXI, I – III Bavarian) had a reasonably standardised organisation. Each consisted of two divisions with usually two infantry brigades, one field artillery brigade and a cavalry brigade each. Each brigade normally consisted of two regiments of the appropriate type, so each Corps normally commanded 8 infantry, 4 field artillery and 4 cavalry regiments. There were exceptions to this rule: :V, VI, VII, IX and XIV Corps each had a 5th infantry brigade (so 10 infantry regiments) :II, XIII, XVIII and XXI Corps had a 9th infantry regiment :I, VI and XVI Corps had a 3rd cavalry brigade (so 6 cavalry regiments) :the Guards Corps had 11 infantry regiments (in 5 brigades) and 8 cavalry regiments (in 4 brigades).〔They formed the Guards Cavalry Division, the only peacetime cavalry division in the German Army.〕 Each Corps also directly controlled a number of other units. This could include one or more :Foot Artillery Regiment :Jäger Battalion :Pioneer Battalion :Train Battalion 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「XVIII Corps (German Empire)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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