Imperial German Army

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army land warfare force military branch

The Imperial German Army was the land warfare force of the German Empire from its unification in 1871 until the end of World War I, playing a central role in European military and political affairs of the era.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Imperial German Army canonical 114
German Army 5
German Army (German Empire) 3

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
land warfare force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
allegiance German Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperial German Army ⓘ
surface form: Deutsches Heer

Imperial German Army ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Army of Germany
branch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
signals ⓘ
commanderInChiefTitle German Emperor ⓘ
component Bavarian contingent ⓘ
Prussian contingent ⓘ
Saxon contingent ⓘ
Württemberg contingent ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing World War I ⓘ
endTime 1919 ⓘ
engagedIn African campaigns of World War I ⓘ
Boxer Rebellion ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War I

Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Herero and Namaqua genocide ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War I

World War I ⓘ
establishedBy Austro-Prussian War ⓘ
surface form: Unification of Germany
followedBy Reichswehr ⓘ
garrison Berlin ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
influenced Reichswehr ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
surface form: German Imperial Constitution
notableBattle Battle of Sedan (1870) ⓘ
Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Battle of Verdun ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Marne (1914)

German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Spring Offensive of 1918
notableCommander Alfred von Schlieffen ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Erich von Falkenhayn ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
partOf Imperial German Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Armed forces of the German Empire
precededBy Bavarian Army ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
Saxon Army ⓘ
Württemberg Army ⓘ
primaryLanguage German ⓘ
startTime 1871 ⓘ
subordinateTo German Emperor ⓘ
usedDoctrine Schlieffen Plan ⓘ

Referenced by (134)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Generalfeldmarschall → usedIn → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Rudolf Hess → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Reichswehr → replaces → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Joachim von Ribbentrop → servedIn → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Walter Model → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Wilhelm Bittrich → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
German General Staff → partOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Finnish Civil War → supportedBy → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Wilhelm Keppler → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Gotthard Heinrici → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Imperial German Army Air Service → partOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Imperial German Army Air Service → militaryBranchOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army
Georg-Hans Reinhardt → memberOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army (German Empire)
Wilhelm von Leeb → memberOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army (German Empire)
Imperial German Army → alsoKnownAs → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deutsches Heer
Imperial German Army → alsoKnownAs → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Army of Germany
Imperial German Army → partOf → Imperial German Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed forces of the German Empire
Second Battle of Ypres → gasDeployedBy → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army
Prussian Army → successor → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Prussian Army → influenced → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Imperial German Navy → partOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial German Armed Forces
Erich Ludendorff → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Conrad Veidt → servedIn → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army
Otto Dietrich → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
5th Army (Red Army) → engagedAgainst → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Manfred von Richthofen → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Blue Max → laterUsedBy → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Ernst Röhm → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Otto Frank → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
VIII Corps (United Kingdom) → engagedAgainst → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Konstantin von Neurath → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army
Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Field Marshal Georg von Küchler → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Georg von Küchler
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge → combatant → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army
George Grosz → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Mauser → usedBy → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Josef Harpe → memberOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army (German Empire)
15th Infantry Regiment → partOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Maxim machine gun → notableUser → Imperial German Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Imperial Army
Great General Staff → partOf → Imperial German Army ⓘ
General Detlof von Winterfeldt → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Detlof von Winterfeldt
Bavarian Army → integratedInto → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Finnish Whites → alliedWith → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Gregor Strasser → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Generalleutnant → usedIn → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Leopold, Prince of Bavaria → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ
Karl von Bülow → militaryBranch → Imperial German Army ⓘ