1st_Cavalry_Division_(Reichswehr)

1st Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)

1st Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)

Military unit

The 1st Cavalry Division was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic.

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It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th (Prussian) Regiments. It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 1.[1]

Divisional commanders

  • General der Kavallerie Rudolf von Horn (1 June 1920 - 1 June 1921)
  • Generalleutnant Otto Freiherr von Tettau (1 June 1920 - 1 April 1923)
  • General der Kavallerie Walther von Jagow (1 April 1923 - 1 February 1927)
  • Generalleutnant Ulrich von Henning auf Schönhoff (1 February 1927 - 1 February 1929)
  • Generalleutnant Georg Brandt (1 February 1929 - 1 December 1929)
  • Generalleutnant Fedor von Bock (1 December 1929 - 1 October 1931)
  • Generalleutnant Werner von Fritsch (1 October 1931 - 1 October 1932)
  • Generalleutnant Ludwig Beck (1 October 1932 - 1 October 1933)
  • Generalleutnant Hans Feige (1 October 1933 - 1 April 1935)

Garrison

The divisional headquarters was in Frankfurt an der Oder.

References

  1. [1]
    "1.Kavallarie-Division". www.feldgrau.com. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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